Results of Another Web Publishing Experiment

Dienyddio writes "Shadowmarch, an ambitious web publishing project launched by Tad Williams last year (previously mentioned on slashdot) is to cease the bi-monthly story format after one year. The sad news was broken by Tad on the site. It seems that there were just too few subscribers to make the format pay, this combined with the heavy load placed on Tad by writing two episodes a month and a paper book to pay the bills has proved too much. All is not lost, DAW books has purchased the rights to three books based on the Shadowmarch story. It is hoped that these books will maintain the community side of the site. Tad will also be increasing the number of background stories and details relating to the Shadowmarch world on the site in order to promote fan interaction."

format?

[Anonymous Coward]

It seems that there were just too few subscribers to make the format pay

Yeah, I had that problem with the old printed book format too. You think maybe I just suck as a writer?

Old Joke...

[colmore]

What's the difference between an internet author and a large pizza?

A large pizza can feed a family of four.

(replace "internet author" with artist, musician, open-source programmer, etc.)