The Writing Platform, a website and program of live events dedicated to arming writers with digital knowledge, will launch in February 2013. The Writing Platform will be a free online resource for all writers and poets – emerging, established, not yet published, traditionally published and self-published – who are looking for neutral and best practice information about writing in a digital age in order to inform their practice and career choices.
The impact of technology on the publishing industry has seen agents become publishers, publishers become software developers and technology companies offer direct publishing platforms. The Writing Platform aims to help writers who may find themselves feeling either under-informed or faced with conflicting information. It is designed to break down the barriers between different groups of writers and provide practical advice for all, from the complete novice to the technically engaged wishing to understand the complex debates around the digital transformation of the publishing industry.
The website will be supported by a series of writer-focused live events and edited by writer Kate Pullinger and project managed by The Literary Platform.
The Writing Platform will commission regularly updated content about platforms, copyright, royalties, ebooks, metadata and other complex areas that have implications for writers and their work.
Your views wanted
The team behind the project is keen to hear from writers interested in contributing to the site and in informing the content they would like to see on The Writing Platform. Between now and launch they will be running a survey of writer’s experiences in the digital world.
To register your interest in contributing, please email ([email protected]) and complete the survey here.
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