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Reading Email Collections of Authors

One of the notable events in the book world is the publication of an author’s collection of letters and other correspondences throughout his or her lifetime. Who wouldn’t want to read the letters of literary luminaries such as Truman Capote and Vladimir Nabokov? With the dwindling volume of letters sent and received and increasing usage of email as a form of correspondence, can a collection of emails be a possibility in the near future?

Collecting an author’s email

Of course, before one can publish a collection of emails, the publisher should seek the approval of the author. And because the nature of emails is diverse – from the trivial inquiries to the profound sharing of ideas – one wonders whether the task of sifting through an author’s collection of emails falls into the hands of the publisher or the author himself. Of course, because sending and receiving emails has become very convenient, the volume of emails to be read can become staggering (especially if the author is very tech-savvy).

The lost art of letter writing

People would argue that writing letters is totally different from composing emails. Many authors, however, would disagree about this argument. They say that writing, whether an email or a letter, remains basically the same, although the medium of delivery is certainly different. Regardless whether composing emails is the same as writing letters, what’s true is that emails are here to stay, and it’s only a matter of time before a pioneering publisher decides to collect and print one of their author’s email inbox contents.

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