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Originally Posted by pwalker8
As I've said in the past, I think it's as likely that we will see a resurgence of smaller publishing houses, or at least small companies that fill the same niche as the small publishing houses did back in the late 70's/early 80's. Basically small shops run by a publisher who can spot talent and provide the editing/art work/marketing talent that many writers need. Think Baen Books.
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Very likely.
But I expect it will be *new* small publishers, evolving out of the current indie publishing industry.
Like this one:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...ime-house.html
And this one:
http://www.wmgpublishinginc.com/
And this:
http://www.wordfire.com/
As the more successful indie publishers grow their brand and resources they will be taking on support staff and assistants they can "time share" with other authors. The emerging result is a new breed of non-predatory publishing house built on time-limited contractual partnerships.
Many if not most of the existing ones will likely be gobbled up by megaPenguin inc or one or another of the multinationals.