An Example of Collaborative Online Writing in the Italian Language: "The Incipit"

This paper aims to illustrate one of the possible scenarios that can unfold in the development of the relation between the author and the reader in the digital era by taking the Italian platform of digital fiction "The Incipit" as a case study. Due to the current debates on book digitalization, an analysis of the phenomenon of online collaborative writing may help propose interesting hypotheses about the future of the book and of literature at large in the age of social media, and investigate significant changes in the relationship between the author and his readers.