Mike Shatzkin's Crystal Ball

Mike Shatzkin’s intriguing predictions for book publishing in 2008 are tidily summarised with his foreseeing of a “highly vertical and format-agnostic” industry with significant author-as-brand movement. Experimental technology, as well as increased adoption of XML, will drive business practice this year and eBooks are going to continue to evolve as big name device providers continue to expand their strategy.

Read the whole article at Publishers Weekly online.