Why Books Have Become Devalued

These are interesting yet precarious times for fiction writers. Although the digital revolution has given authorsan unprecedented opportunityto share theirwork, ithas come at a price.

The landscape has changed almost beyond recognition. It’smuch easier to ‘be’ a writer now. Anyone and their uncle can churn out a book and have it published on Amazon Kindle that afternoon. In spite of this, it’s actually much harder to ‘make it’ as a writer, due to complete over-saturation of the market. Somet...