So it turns out that I’ve written quite a few articles for the Guardian in the last few years. You can read them all HERE. they include why Teen Dystopias preach Market Capitalism, Scottish literature and its relation to BPD, my Top Ten commune books,  How 50 Shades came into existence, whether the job known as “author” will survive in the digital era and what the world of literature will look like in 2042 (I have time travelled).

The end of Books? Or tips on how to survive.

‘ipad over a sea of Fog’ Caspar David Friedrich 1865.

The Guardian ran with my speech from the Edinburgh Book Festival on the subject of The End of Books The event was with Claire Armitstead and Ray Ryan this week).  I am very pleased to find that some blog contributors have submitted detailed advice for how authors might survive in the digital era.

Otherwise I’m alarmed to find that a great number of the comments come from people who:

(a) have no problem with the fact that author advances have been slashed by 80%

(b) have no issue with consuming free digital products in other formats

(c) think that books will somehow be spared the trend towards zero price that is happening in other digital media

There are also many book sniffers locking horns with

digital fetishists but sanity is generally prevailing

Join the debate here: END OF BOOKS