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The Moral Responsibility of Writers in the Age of Instant Publishing
Ridding the world of hate and prejudice is not about one dramatic act, but billions of souls working together and doing their best
Introduction: The Double-Edged Sword of Self-Publishing and Online Blogging
The world of online blogging closely resembles that of self-publishing. In 2024, both bloggers and self-published authors can share their content instantly and with minimal supervision.
I have, and am, engaged in both. And from personal experience, online blogging is a microcosm of self-publishing.
Blogging platforms allow their users to publish their articles at the click of a button. There is little policing, little interference. On the other side, self-publishing allows writers to skip the scrutiny of publishing houses.
For decades, publishing houses served as a sort of ‘literary police’. They exercised significant control over a book’s language, distribution, design, and to a certain extent, content.
If getting published were a club, publishing houses were the bodyguards, armed to the teeth. They functioned as a sieve, filtering thousands of proposals into a…
