But that died out as the 20th century neared its close, so a whole way of publishing, a whole platform vanished."īooks Change Is The Only Constant In Today's Publishing Industry ![]() ![]() And then, that moved on and serial publication got taken over by magazines and newspapers, and that was where it was in my youth. "They would put out maybe three chapters or so, and then they would respond to readers' reactions. "Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form," Atwood tells NPR's Audie Cornish. So what inspired the best-selling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin and The Handmaid's Tale to try out this newfangled approach? It's called Positron, and Atwood is publishing it on Byliner, a website launched last year that's one of many new sites billing themselves as platforms for writers. ![]() If you're a Margaret Atwood fan - and you've got some spare change under the couch cushions - just a few dollars will get you a stand-alone episode of the new novel she's writing in serial form. Margaret Atwood has written 13 novels, including The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake.
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