An Entire Book Written on a Mobile Phone is Now Published

Writing a book is not an easy thing to do, which many authors can attest to, which is what makes this man's particular feat even more impressive. Italian author Robert Bernocco has just published the world's first book written entirely using a mobile phone. That had to be painful. He published the book on Lulu.com, a site where anyone can publish their own book for print.

Bernocco's book was no small one either - in the end, it was an impressive 384 page science fiction novel. He wrote it taking advantage of down time, such as while commuting to and from work by train. He wrote the entire book using a Nokia 6630, utilizing the phones T9 typing system. The title of the finished book was Compagni di Viaggo, which translates to Fellow Travelers in English.

Bernocco wrote the entire novel in perfect Italian, not any kind of typical mobile slang that we're all used to. He divided the work up into short paragraphs, and saved them on his phone. He would then download them on to his home computer for editing and proofreading. Writing the book took him just 17 weeks to complete.

Of the feat, Bernocco said: "Only a few years ago I would have struggled to find both the time and the publisher to enable me to create this book. Thanks to my Nokia and Lulu, I am now proud to be a published author."