Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 3:46:12 GMT -5
This is natural selection. Darwin was right, we all know it. There are living species that have become extinct and others that are still present. The latter have evolved into organisms suited to surviving changes on the planet. Even in publishing there are changes, it's like a constantly evolving planet. Its inhabitants are the readers, while the category of writers is the one that must sow new books, adapting to the publishing planet and its inhabitants. If a piece of land can no longer be cultivated with wheat, the farmer must find an alternative plantation. We writers are the farmers of fiction: alternatives are our daily work. Or at least they should be. What 21st century readers are looking for If I think back to my first readings, almost 30 years ago now, I realize that today I have different tastes and different needs.
I would never reread some novels I read at that time, except the classics, but those never go out of date, it's all too obvious. What are today's readers looking for? Today readers are not satisfied. They Special Data are no longer willing to do it, because the offer is vast and above all it is available when and how they want. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are able to satisfy them? How 21st century readers read There have been two great evolutions in the world of reading: ebooks and audiobooks. For videobooks we have to wait a little longer. Electronics at the service of publishing. But 21st century readers also read online, let's not forget. They read on paper, but also on various devices such as e-readers, tablets and smartphones. The perception of reading, of the book itself, of publishing has changed. The news has arrived and many have welcomed it. There's no going back.
How do today's readers read? As they want. And this means only one thing: they know they have more freedom of choice than 50 years ago, both in terms of products and reading aids. They buy and read according to the whim of the moment or totally embracing the latest news. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are able to reach these readers? What 21st century readers read Most of them read foreign fiction, me first. Doing a search for the best-selling books, on the Mondadori website it turns out that 70% is foreign fiction, at Feltrinelli it is almost 50%, same number for IBS, on Amazon it is 53%. What's wrong with our literature? I can't explain why it doesn't attract me, even though last year I met Michele Mari, who I can't wait to read again, and reading some previews of Donato Carrisi's books I'm tempted to read him.
I would never reread some novels I read at that time, except the classics, but those never go out of date, it's all too obvious. What are today's readers looking for? Today readers are not satisfied. They Special Data are no longer willing to do it, because the offer is vast and above all it is available when and how they want. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are able to satisfy them? How 21st century readers read There have been two great evolutions in the world of reading: ebooks and audiobooks. For videobooks we have to wait a little longer. Electronics at the service of publishing. But 21st century readers also read online, let's not forget. They read on paper, but also on various devices such as e-readers, tablets and smartphones. The perception of reading, of the book itself, of publishing has changed. The news has arrived and many have welcomed it. There's no going back.
How do today's readers read? As they want. And this means only one thing: they know they have more freedom of choice than 50 years ago, both in terms of products and reading aids. They buy and read according to the whim of the moment or totally embracing the latest news. How many writers – aspiring or emerging – are able to reach these readers? What 21st century readers read Most of them read foreign fiction, me first. Doing a search for the best-selling books, on the Mondadori website it turns out that 70% is foreign fiction, at Feltrinelli it is almost 50%, same number for IBS, on Amazon it is 53%. What's wrong with our literature? I can't explain why it doesn't attract me, even though last year I met Michele Mari, who I can't wait to read again, and reading some previews of Donato Carrisi's books I'm tempted to read him.