Can digital community support writing, really?

Not unlike climate change, it's something that digital-age writers worry about, but can't nail down. I'm not sure what effect the accepting warmth of digital communities has on our literature. I don't think encouraging people can make bad writing suddenly appeal to the masses. Are the communities going to start getting the same blame that self-publishing used to get all the time? "Because anyone can publish a book, there's no good writing anymore." Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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