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Old 08-08-2009, 11:54 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
nice.

that's not the first time i've heard epublishing described as "the wild west" ; in fact there was a short article on the radio here recently and a french author used precisely that expression (he also said that it wasn't a question of being "for" or "against" ebooks, because they're "simply inevitable". or did he call them "necessary" ? can't remember, and he said rather poetically "you can't stop a river with your hands" (hercules notwithstanding). it was Bernard Werber, a science fiction writer, in case you've heard of him).
I think it's that Wild West attitude that makes writing now more exciting than ever before Although I would substitute wild west with Punk (but I would say that )
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