a blogger vs a net writer?

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maoyueh

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If a blogger is so popular that a lot of his or her writings have been published in book form, can we say he or she is a net writer? Or any blogger can be called a net writer? Thank you very much.
 

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If a blogger is so popular that a lot of his or her writings have been published in book form, can we say he or she is a net writer? Or any blogger can be called a net writer? Thank you very much.

I've never heard the term "net writer".
 

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I don't know of a phrase for it. If I were the person involved, I would say "I'm a blogger and I've had my blogs published in book form".
 

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Nor have I met 'net writer'. I have heard -particularly in the Arab Spring, but no longer restricted to that area - the phrase 'citizen journalist'.

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