Saturday, September 20, 2008
Authonomy is a brand new community site for writers, readers and publishers, conceived and developed by book editors at HarperCollins. They want to flush out the brightest, freshest, new literature around.
Okay, so what do you get when you click on this website? Simple, it is raw talent - remember the X factor television programme where you can watch want-to-be performers singing their cover versions of popular songs? This website is similar except that the people involved write new books themselves. These people do not do cover versions of successful material but write raw material, free of charge, for other people to read and express an opinion upon. It is simply a literary audition but rather than have a polished television programme to watch, the internet user can read and vote themselves.
Obviously this website will appeal to bloggers across the globe. Novelists can get their content out to a wider audience. Book writing however is very different to writing a blog. There is no crispness, brevity or urgency of content. Their work is timeless and enters another world, the imagination of the reader. Oh boy, can these writers tease the imagination of the reader. For example I would like to offer, from his book Termites in the Woodwork by Kweku Asumang a quote - but the Authonomy website does not allow you to copy and paste to your browser - so you must click this link to read his juicy content. Doing an internet search on Kweku Asumang reveals that he is not living in a mud hut in Africa but here in my home city of Cardiff!
I vote this website a hit. If you like reading books and would rather try new content online rather than put your cash on the counter, then add this link to your bookmarks. You have only your spare time to lose!
Okay, so what do you get when you click on this website? Simple, it is raw talent - remember the X factor television programme where you can watch want-to-be performers singing their cover versions of popular songs? This website is similar except that the people involved write new books themselves. These people do not do cover versions of successful material but write raw material, free of charge, for other people to read and express an opinion upon. It is simply a literary audition but rather than have a polished television programme to watch, the internet user can read and vote themselves.
Obviously this website will appeal to bloggers across the globe. Novelists can get their content out to a wider audience. Book writing however is very different to writing a blog. There is no crispness, brevity or urgency of content. Their work is timeless and enters another world, the imagination of the reader. Oh boy, can these writers tease the imagination of the reader. For example I would like to offer, from his book Termites in the Woodwork by Kweku Asumang a quote - but the Authonomy website does not allow you to copy and paste to your browser - so you must click this link to read his juicy content. Doing an internet search on Kweku Asumang reveals that he is not living in a mud hut in Africa but here in my home city of Cardiff!
I vote this website a hit. If you like reading books and would rather try new content online rather than put your cash on the counter, then add this link to your bookmarks. You have only your spare time to lose!
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