This is kind of a writing/publishing related question. Or just something that recently popped into my head. I had a professor that told me one time that "Only other poets read poetry." I couldn't help but think that was partially true. I shifted over to writing stories and novels since then. However, with the ease of publishing and the ability for writers to get their work out there in the world within seconds, will there be a point when the only people reading books are other people that write books? I'm not saying this will happen, but there was a point in time where poetry was considered the thing to do and prose was lower on "writers' ranking" so to speak.
Is there another form that will take precedence over the novel, or are novels here to stay?
Is there another form that will take precedence over the novel, or are novels here to stay?