Berkman Center for Internet & Society

[Sept. 17] Berkman Center Open House

Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Amazons, Witches, and Critics – A Liberated Novelist Asks, “Now What?”

Brad Abruzzi, Berkman Center Fellow

Berkman Fellow and practicing MIT attorney Brad Abruzzi is one of those would-be novelists. Ten weeks ago, without any word of encouragement or assent from Big Publishing, Brad released his novel, New Jersey's Famous Turnpike Witch, on Amazon. And now, for Brad, the age-old question recurs: where are my readers? On Tuesday, July 31, Brad will lead a discussion about self-publication, author independence, and the prospects for a literary culture mediated by reader criticism, rather than publishers' whims.