Conflict of interest notice. As a kid The Who was my band. Their Tommy was and is awesome. I bought every version of the records (and now CDs), I saw it live on stage here in Melbourne Australia and decades later a couple of times on Broadway. I’ve seen the film countless times. They can do no wrong. Nor can Townshend.
Pete Townshend, the creative genius behind The Who, is publishing a novella through his blog and website. While Townshend is not the first to do this, he is a significant new participant in the world of online fiction publishing via a blog. The novella, The Boy Who Heard Music, is a work in progress. Townshend is blogging the novella to encourage feedback. His official website will have online from September 24.
Given the rapid change in mobile devices maybe the eBook is coming back for a second go. Amazon publishes eBook only versions – often as a means of testing the waters for new authors. This Townshend development is interesting since he would not have had difficulty getting a publisher if he wanted to go down the traditional route.