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The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

Most novels put out by small or corporate presses don't really sell that well - usually a thousand copies or so. Working with a small press, you have to be willing to book reading tours, plan events, make contacts with other small press authors, and find new ways of getting word about your new work out there.

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.

Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.

Print-on-demand and electronic self-publishing options have made it easy for anyone to set up a business as a publisher whether they know what they're doing or not.

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely.

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

It seems the world of book publishing is constantly changing. Whether it was the rise of chain stores or their decline, or the digital revolution... fortunately, we have been able not only to adapt but to thrive.

I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.