Literature and Cloud Computing – How the Cloud Affects Authors
March 2, 2013
Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Xath Cruz.
Authors everywhere should be paying homage to Gutenberg, the man who created the printing press late in the mid 15th century. Without him and his invention, books would be non-existent and there would be no “authors” in the true sense of the word; no Stephen King, Ayn Rand or Isaac Aasimov churning out page upon page of stories.
Maybe this is putting a little bit too much emphasis on the author. While they do take care of the conception of the material, it is the publishers and the publishing companies that are tasked with manufacturing, reproducing and ultimately selling their works…
However, the advent of the Cloud is a verifiable game-changer when it comes to literary workings. As opposed to the pre-Cloud era, writers had mostly always needed to rely on publishers to get their works printed, sold and achieve success. The Cloud allows authors to bypass publishers, as it offers copious amounts of free space to which their writings can be published. The Cloud does seem to be changing the writing game as we know it. The question now is: what is the role that the Cloud now plays in Publishing?…
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