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As you may have noticed, last Monday passed without my posting a new chapter of The Lafayette Deception. I’d like to explain why, and also invite you to reflect on the role that the consumer of creative work will play in the future of writing.
The fundamental question comes down to this: will writers be able to make a living in the future from their craft, and if not, what will the quality and variety of writing will be like?
Usually, an essay like this would go on to talk about piracy. But piracy is only an issue for writers and other artists that are already very successful. Somebody has to know about a writer’s work before they want to copy it. Most writers can only dream about worrying about piracy.
The real issues for would-be writers are two-fold: now that the middlemen that used to discover, package, promote and distribute the written word are being consigned to the ash heap of history, how will new authors become known to readers? And if readers become accustomed to free and $.99 downloads, how will writers survive?
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