Self-Publishing and the 'Curatorial Mark': Jon Fine

"The backdrop here," he says, "is the desire to tell a story. Authors, storytellers, have never really been motivated by economic return. Most smart writers recognize that it's always been hard to make a living solely as a writer. While the democratization of the means of publication has increased the opportunities for people to find a way to tell their story and find an audience to enjoy that story, the economic returns haven't increased, necessarily. But in terms of being able to reach an audience? - economics aside, I think there's a continuing desire to increase these opportunities for authors. "And I don't see that diminishing."