Print is Dead (Part 2)

I've been thinking a lot this past week about where the publishing industries is going. With book sales declining and more people moving to eBooks will the publishing industry die with the printed book? I agree with what one of the points that the author hit on in this book, that without publishers there wouldn't be anyone to separate the mediocre authors from the great ones. This is extremely important to me, I hate getting half way through a book and realizing that it is terrible. While this does happen with printed books, its much easier to publish a book on an e-reader format because of how many self publishing options there are. I think that publishers are so important because of how they can promote truly wonderful authors and get hype going around a new series or book. 

I found this idea so interesting because of how important I think publishers are, they keep authors grounded in the real world and help them to promote their books. Without publishers I don't think we would see very good writing or authors in the future. For that reason I don't think that the publishing industry will die out, instead I think it'll become a more exclusive job and will the more sought after in the future. With less positions available publishers will have more work to do and be considered more valuable to an author than they are now. 

While the publishing industry will have to change in the future to keep up with the ever changing technology, they will also become more exclusive because of how valuable they will become. I think they'll have to put more of a focus on eBooks and promoting to an Internet population and work to create an internet presence for authors. That's exactly why authors will need them more, it's hard to get a following online without help from someone who knows what they're doing. With technology changing how we interact with one another, publishers will need to keep up with the latest trends in order to stay relevant and helpful to authors.