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Double-edged sword

posted by Zed on July 14 2008 21:40

Back in the day, the blogosphere was abuzz with the story of British novelist Matthew Branton, who was so fed up with publishing, he was just giving away his new novel.

So far as I can see, that novel never had a book publication. And matthewbranton.com has gone 404. And the Independent isn’t hosting the novel anymore.

Had there been a book, one could probably find a used copy (online.) With no book, well, if it weren’t for the Internet Archive (1 2 3 4 5), it might have disappeared entirely.

That’s the slippery thing about the net… obscurity can be one of the things it makes easier.

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