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Originally Posted by kennyc
And Bill this is the key, the crux of the matter. Yes some people are going to write regardless -- look at the blog obsession that is currently happening.
The question is whether the writing produced is worth reading.
My summation is that without a system the rewards the art of writing there will be very little worth reading and the impossible task will be finding that needle in the haystack. The web in general is already much in this vein.
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I am not particularly worried about finding the needle. Places like Manybooks.net and Feedbooks (and for the Kindle Lovers, Amazon) already has a place for reader reviews. Given time, decent books will probably find readers based on the reviews of other readers. The needle might take a few years to percolate up to the level where it gets attention, but I think it has about as good chance now as it does under the current system.
I do however agree that a system that rewards the authors of books that find those readers is important to keep the authors who are capable of writing good stuff writing.
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Bill