wouldn't you agree that this discussion is nothing but bizarre?
For context, may I refer you to an article in the german weekly Die Zeit
on changes in book publishing (aftereffect of network culture and e-publishing
and amazon and kindle etc) and the fear of the (print) publishing industry
(or the "literary" institutions) that, to cite Bishop citing Goldsmith,
"With the rise of the Web, writing has met its photography.”
Quite so, and it is good, no? One ebook author, self-publishing and
successful, made this comment in one of her public talks:
>Ich spreche über Twitter und Facebook mit meinen Lesern. Ich kann meine Bücher schnell raushauen. Ich muss nicht erst Agenten von meinen Ideen überzeugen. Ich kann genau das Buch schreiben, das meine Leser wollen. Ich bin meine Leserschaft>
[translation: <I talk to my readers via Twitter and Facebook, I can get my books out quickly, I don't need to convince a publisher or literary agent of my ideas, I can exactly write the book that my readers want.
I am my readers.>
Last week I saw a graffito on the wall. "I am Julian."
but that was another context (Ecuadorian Embassy).
link:
http://www.zeit.de/2012/35/Verlag-Buchhaendler-Amazon
"Gigant ohne Geist"
by
Maximilian Probst/Kilian Trotier
respectfully
Johannes Birringer
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