How long will your fiction last?

[Worthy39]

It will last until it no longer needs to last.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Oh, I've created a legacy, no doubt, especially with my furry fanbase.
While it's a little embarrassing in some ways, it also fills me with a sense of pride, knowing there's not another writer quite like me on the planet, and people will certainly remember my works quite long after I'm gone.

 

[Zagaroth]

Well, for me, it will depend on how well it sells.

I've got a publishing deal and physical copies will be sold through several stores, plus an audio version. With decent luck, there will be physical and electronic copies existing somewhere for a long time to come. I mean, I've got relatively new copies of books originally written about 180 years ago, and there are even older books that still see reprints.

Not even including the religious texts.

 

[ElijahRyne]

Weird thought. I took a melatonin so im a little loopy. But realistically, how long will your fiction last in some form.

Okay so, Scribblehub will probably only be around for a couple more decades (at best). RoyalRoad a little longer (50 years).

But then there's the archives and other sites that scrape the internet. What would that add, a hundred years?

So at the absolute best our work will only last until lile 2200? But what if the world ends before that. Would everything on the internet be lost forever? Or is there a way to recover it?

Also if our work is in physical print it'll last waaay longer right? If we out it in a box and bury it. Thats loke 1000 years!

I wanna eternitymaxx my work so future people can enjoy genderswap scalie romance, its important
Everytime I misspell something correct it in your brain. I've done it on purpose as a training exercise.

So long as my Google account exists, at the very least.

 

[TheKillingAlice]

That's why I want my work published through self-publishing. Not for sales value; but for permanence. Digital data is easily damaged and lost; physical data is more resilient against time.

Exactly. In one of my hundreds of posts I stated that I self-publish to make things last; to make them official. And to give them a certain visibility.
That's basically what I meant. The book will get an ISBN and (at least in my country) two copies, even if it's a mere eBook, will be sent into the national library.