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Pratilipi is turning 10 in September! As we approach this incredible milestone, we're proud to share that we have redefined the storytelling experience with 550M reads and 2.5B minutes spent on our platform every month. #Pratilipi #10YearAnniversary #Storytelling

The Story of Hanuman - A Journey Through Timeless Indian History - Pratilipi Comics #ComicsByte #pratilipi #comicbooks #newrelease #hanuman comicsbyte.com/the-story-of-h…

Announcement! A new, brave step forward for the journey of Slow ! A publishing imprint that brings together GaonConnection and Eka@Westland Books, Team Pratilipi — part of Westland Books #SlowImprint Slow GaonConnection Gaon Connection English Westland Books Anulata Raj Nair

Neelesh Misra संग मिलकर हम एक नए प्रकाशन छाप की शुरुवात करने जा रहे हैं। सुंदर कथाएं बनतीं रहें, किस्से कहानियों के बहाने ज़िंदगी रवाँ रहे,यही कोशिश है। आईए, स्लो इंप्रिंट और Westland Books से जुड़िए। बहुत सी किताबें पक रहीं हैं! Eka@Westland Books, Team Pratilipi प्रतिलिपि हिन्दी Pratilipi

And then there's Pratilipi. The royalties going to successful writers on the platform are quite astonishing. Also, many traditionally published writers in Malayalam, for instance, do brilliantly on ROI. English language publishing-distribution is the struggle.

Karthika V.K. Chiki Sarkar Pratilipi First of all, Chiki is right. On "an average", writing is not a full time job anywhere in the world, including on Pratilipi. For Pratilipi authors; an average earnings eligible writer makes just over 24K per year Top 100 average 7.5 Lakhs and top 20 average 17.2 Lakhs per year

Karthika V.K. Chiki Sarkar Pratilipi Obviously there is additional income from our other business units (including Westland) and this will increase as Pratilipi itself grows further But Beyond top 1000 (some day 10L or even 100K) authors, it will still not be enough earning for writing full time.

1.> Chiki is absolutely right. 2.> This is not specific to writing or to India. Arts of any type anywhere in the world (acting, sports, writing, painting, music) etc always follows a power law 3.> Take Cricket for example, sure 20 people make Crores but the rest make near zero

Karthika V.K. Pratilipi I remember sankar, the bengali writer, proudly telling his Bengali publisher he has got a deal for translation into English. The bengali publisher smiled. How many copies are they printing? 1/2

Karthika V.K. Pratilipi I don't recall the figure, but he said something in four figures. 2k or 3k. And the publisher laughed and said I print 200k (I think) when I publish you in Bangla :) 2/2

My First story.Romba naal reader ah iruntha pratilipi la ennai writer ah accept pannavacha story. "நினைவெல்லாம் நீதானே பாகம் 1 முடிவுற்றது.", - பிரதிலிபியில் படிக்க :, pratilipi.page.link/FCWq5EYrRALTzw… இந்திய மொழிகளில் எண்ணற்ற படைப்புகளை இலவசமாக வாசிக்கலாம், எழுதலாம் மற்றும் கேட்கலாம்

Pratilipi is turning 10 years old (counting from beta launch of website) on 14'th September From today till then, every day I will share one hard to believe chart / metric about Pratilipi as well as answer any question that gets asked about it :) Today on frquency of usage

Time spent per user per week on our literature app. 6 hours+ for all active users. 12 hours+ for Premium Subscribers.

Quarterly Cashflow statement (Q3 2024 is estimate) All figures in INR Crore.

ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿಯ ತ್ರೈಮಾಸಿಕ ಹಣದ ಹರಿವಿನ ವರದಿ. (ಕೋಟಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ)

Monthly paying users for the literature app. 15% of MAU is an active Premium Subscriber (paying 150 Rs a month). 18% overall monthly paying user percentage. *Pratilipi has no stories behind a hard paywall (one can read all stories for free and only have to pay to binge read)

ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ಮಾಸಿಕ ಬಳಕೆದಾರರಲ್ಲಿ - 15% ಪ್ರೀಮಿಯಂ ಚಂದಾದಾರರು! (ಮಾಸಿಕ 150/- ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಶುಲ್ಕ ಪಾವತಿಸಿ ಓದುವವರು). 18% - ಒಟ್ಟು ಬಳಕೆದಾರರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಸಿಕ ಪಾವತಿಸಿ ಓದುವವರು (15% ಪ್ರೀಮಿಯಂ ಚಂದಾದಾರರು + 3% ನಾಣ್ಯ ಖರೀದಿಸುವವರು & ಸೂಪರ್ ಫ್ಯಾನ್ ಗಳು) #ಪ್ರತಿಲಿಪಿ #pratilipi #ಕನ್ನಡ #kannada #ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ #ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು #Bangalore

The reason why UGC platforms don't (and shouldn't) monetise till you get to critical mass is because as andrew chen famously said; for certain products monetisation is just a feature That is also why profitability is almost trivial. Just look at our own margin expansion.

Pratilipi is nothing without its people. So, instead of sharing a chart or a metric today, today's story is about one of our people and his journey. From trying out 18 odd jobs in 4 years to finding the one that just kind of works ❤️