Ed Simnett
Full Member
- Jul 25, 2021
Interesting article in the NewYorker this week: Is Amazon Changing the Novel?
"In the new literary landscape, readers are customers, writers are service providers, and books are expected to offer instant gratification."
It's a review of “Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon” by Mark McGurl
Seems to focus on the explosion of targeted (micro) genre fiction. The review ends on a nice (and hopeful) note: "That’s the nature of the novel; you have to cross its threshold without completely knowing what lies within. Mere ownership does not constitute possession."
"In the new literary landscape, readers are customers, writers are service providers, and books are expected to offer instant gratification."
It's a review of “Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon” by Mark McGurl
Seems to focus on the explosion of targeted (micro) genre fiction. The review ends on a nice (and hopeful) note: "That’s the nature of the novel; you have to cross its threshold without completely knowing what lies within. Mere ownership does not constitute possession."