That's when Strauss, MBA '84, turned to e-publishing a new avenue recently glamorized by best selling horror writer Stephen King, whose latest novel, Riding the Bullet , was released by Simon and Schuster only in electronic form. Cyberspace is looking like a rather friendly place to this writer. Strauss is hardly alone. Writers of all kinds are tentatively experimenting with the electronic medium.
Sharpe has no plans to publish traditionally.
So I regard the experiment as at least semisuccessful. Nor are writers the only ones feeling out the possibilities ahead. The publishing industry may not be known for its technological dynamism, but it is already grappling with the implications of the digital revolution. These were among the issues discussed at a major Business School conference in April. Industry players at the Future of Content forum provided glimpses of how the book business may be transformed.