Writing and Publishing in the 21st Century

Readers are invited to dialog with the author and each other about some of the challenges faced by writers and publishers in the 21st Century. Readers may submit their comments by using the Comments feature at the bottom of each of the entries below.

TO COME

• Writing fiction for a generation of bloggers, text-messagers, social networkers, and video-game players
• Copyright and intellectual property rights in an environment in which "information wants to be free"
• Revenue models for writing and publishing in the "long tail"marketplace
• Can members of the print-on-paper generation ever be truly comfortable with reading full-length books on a computer or hand-held device or navigating through a complex non-linear work rather than simply turning consecutive pages of a book?
• Are there writing genres, subjects, or topics that end themselves better or worse to web-based publishing?
• Other issues readers might like to raise