Martin Rundkvist on Nostr: Sweden is pretty much back to where only rich people can afford to write fiction. ...
Sweden is pretty much back to where only rich people can afford to write fiction. With the difference that 200 years ago, before professional writers, there was a reading public that wanted to buy fiction in Swedish. Today, they only want to buy simple detective novels, preferrably as audio books.
A Swedish Umberto Eco would have a really, really hard time today finding a publisher for "The Name of the Rose". The audience is gone.
#writing #books
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