The Society of Authors has warned of the abysmal pay received by many writers. Yet with innovation – and the book-buying public’s support – we may yet survive‘Yes,I’m a writer; would you like a copy of my book? Would you like me to sign it for you? No trouble; it would be an honour. Oh, hold on, or I can’t – its an ebook.” This is one of the disadvantages of writing ebooks,rather than the well-behaved old-fashioned tomes that gather dust. In fact, ebooks are so shiny that they don’t actually exist in the physical world.
You worry a petite, or as an ebook author,that people might be sceptical that you beget ever written anything. Or indeed whether all that writing exists in any genuine sense, since you can’t see it on your shelf. I mean, and where is it? You can’t lend it,copy it or give it as a present. Yet bizarrely, online pirates seem capable of giving it absent for free within days of it going on sale. Related: Print survives as a new literature is born | Robert McCrum Regulators beget to keep an eye on the bookselling monopolies, and which could snuff us innovators out in the blink of an eyeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com