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Do You Have The Write Stuff To Be A Novelist?

Posted at 11:56AM Sunday 03 Feb 2013

The book industry is in the middle of an existential crisis as the rise of e-books and the internet threaten overturn its traditional business methods.

The printed book risks going the way of the cuneiform tablet, papyrus scroll or vellum parchment, say the doomsayers.

Yet, the rapid changes in technology are proving a boon to many struggling authors, disappointed by a growing pile of publishers' rejection letters.

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