Despite the ups and downs of the last few years, the publishing industry isn’t dying—it’s evolving, and fast. With the rise of self- and indie-publishing, more books are published than ever before. New presses are born, and old ones reshuffle, merge, or die out. Book apps, blogs, and social media sites appear overnight and vanish just as quickly. Even if you’re an industry insider—a writer, a librarian, a publisher—it’s still hard to keep up. I recently took a break from the