“The times they are a-changin'” in the book world…

With apologies to Dylan (that phrase is justifiably part of American heritage now and probably international), I thought this would be a good title for an article about how publishing is changing in America and around the world. From readership to media and writers to retail, things are changing so fast that it’s even hard for people heavily involved in the business to keep up with things.

Readers have it good in general. With so many good books and so many good authors, in all fiction genres...