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Entertainment · Books & publishing · published 2026-08-21 · via Rolling Stone

Writers Transform Online Anxiety Into Literary Fiction

Authors are increasingly channeling the pressures of social media into their novels, reflecting how digital personas clash with real life. Malavika Kannan's debut adult novel, 'Unprecedented Times,' follows a college student navigating activism and pandemic-era online identity. The publishing industry's reliance on social media for book sales has turned online presence into a demanding requirement for writers.

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