The same phenomenon doesn't really exist with books I would argue that a budding hobby novelist culture already exists, and will only grow, just like the free

The same phenomenon doesn't really exist with books I would argue that a budding hobby novelist culture already exists, and will only grow, just like the free software movement did. Heck, we're already seeing open source movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_film