International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


formulaic literature

Genre dissipativity of online entertaining literature as a result of direct author – reader communication

The networking of literature has led to the growth of the electronic book market and the emergence of many samizdat platforms. Digital technologies have created a zone of close contact between the writer and the reader and the ability to satisfy the needs of even very small audiences. In these conditions, the role of the expert literary community began to blur, the author becomes the publisher of his own books, and the reader – the dictator of narrow thematic preferences.