Andy Hunter, editor-in-chief at Electric Literature, has a “manifesto of sorts” about the future of independent publishing in Publishing Perspectives. He states that, “promotionally, the Internet is like the Wild West: boundless, lawless, and full of opportunity for the inventive, the hungry, and the risk takers.” But admits “‘hungry’ and ‘risk-taker’ are not adjectives typically associated with an industry whose end product is best consumed by a reader curled up beside the fire.”
Yet Andy has hope for the future, even as large publishers cast off talented but unknown authors and double down on high-selling literature light. Check out “If New Media Is a Giant Killer, Will Independent Publishing Get the Golden Eggs?”
