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Interview #907: Interview with Infinity Blade: Awakening Author Brandon Sanderson, Entry #10

Epic Games

How do you think the digital space is changing the publishing industry?

Brandon Sanderson

It’s doing a lot of things. It is making it easier for people who don’t frequently read books to run across books. I’m hoping that people who love to play their Infinity Blade games will see the story there and download it, and remember that they once loved to read books. Because a lot of people who are playing games read occasionally. I’ve found that most people, when they read a good book, say, “Wow, I really do like reading great books. Why don’t I do this more often?” It’s just a factor of that it slips our mind or we don’t find time, or video games and movies are really flashy and books are anything but flashy. But there’s just a wonderful experience to reading a book. I think there’s space for all of these things, and I hope that more people can discover and be reminded of why they love books.

It’s also taking away some of the constraints. Book length is no longer as much of a factor as it used to be. You can have a really long book or a really short book, and the binding doesn’t dictate the length of your story, which I really like.

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