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Writing Excuses Season Two Episode 26: How Publishing Is Changing in the New Century

From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/05/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-26-how-publishing-is-changing-in-the-new-century/

Key points: electronic distribution of material -- the Internet -- is a disruptive technology that has enabled the growth of electronic magazines. One model is the Internet as superconducting copy machine, where anything that can be copied will be copied. Print-on-demand (POD) is not self-publishing. E-readers, POD -- disruptive technologies are coming. Think about what your generatives are -- customization, patronage, convenience, or something else?
( bits for the superconducting copy machine )
[Brandon] We're out of time. We're way over time. Thank you all for listening. I'm going to hit Howard for another Writing Prompt.
[Howard] Oh, my gosh. Okay. Write a story that convincingly describes the death of the traditional publishing industry 25 years from now.
[Brandon] This has been Writing Excuses. Thanks for listening.