Thinking About The Future Of Publishing

We spend quite a bit of time thinking about new media and the future of the publishing industry. It’s clear that some major changes are taking place that will fundamentally alter the world of publishing. It’s really just a matter of how soon, and who will benefit by taking advantage of the new opportunities that are presenting themselves.

Unfortunately, it sometimes appears that the publishing world at large is oblivious to these new opportunities. If publishers are taking advantage of new media and the social web, we aren’t hearing much about their efforts. And yet, something tells me that there must be innovators out there who are blazing the trail that the rest of the industry will soon follow.

Over on our Booksquare blog we’ve just put out a call for examples of innovative uses of new media in the publishing industry. If you’re a publisher, author, agent, or publicist, and you’re doing something interesting and unique online we’d like to hear more about it.

We hope to use our findings in a series of posts that will highlight new opportunities for those in the publishing industry. Depending on what we uncover we may also include examples in our upcoming report “New Media Best Practices for Publishing Industry Professionals”.

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