Evolve or Die
Publishing is global now like never before. And experiencing a crisis like never before. Soon I think it will be clearly affecting all areas of publishing. But this has been a thing for a while but many things are exascerabating. For the short term I think many of larger pubslihers will continue to fold or, worse, consolidate. Every industry is enduring some sort of Adapt & Evolve or die transition here. I really do think that publishing's future, worldwide, is in the small press; the small preses that have the luck, wits, and adaptability to survive the next few years while everything else burns. Just some good morning cheer before I hit the bricks "Medium and small-sized publishers are being hardest hit by the crisis. Secil Epik and Busra Mutlu, co-founders of Umami, set up their boutique publishing house in 2021. “As a publishing house focusing on translations, copyright fees and paper costs are equally challenging for us,” Epik told Al Jazeera. “At the end of