In my last blog I made the case that Unbound haven't so much created a new way of publishing, as re-established an old one. By beginning the process by having authors petition for subscribers, they echo the ways that writer's funded works in the 18th Century. There you go - Unbound is an Augustan institution. Now they have formed a partnership with a distributor who is also using the internet to create something that already existed. As you probably know, Dickens released mos

My novel The Continuity Girl is to be published in a very modern way that is actually centuries old. Just as Dr Johnson would have petitioned for subscribers before embarking on his great projects - his dictionary, his complete works of Shakespeare - so Unbound authors crowdfund the initial costs of their books before the publisher takes over. Unbound also encourage their writers to share their creative processes with patrons and potential readers. Here is a short guide to my