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    LOOKING AHEAD TO 2020

    Oct 15, 2019 4 minutes

    The publishing industry traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, in early September for Digital Book World (DBW), a three-day deep dive into the “wide world of publishing” and its future. And the world of publishing at DBW was indeed wide: the Big 5, libraries, indie authors, university presses, tech companies, and more were all in attendance at the event. Here are the five key takeaways that authors need to know as we move forward into a new decade in publishing.

    1 Voice is on the rise…

    Nearly a quarter of Americans own smart speakers, according to voicebot.ai. That’s a reach of 57.8 million people, and content creators are taking note: Simon & Schuster released the “Stephen King Library,” an Alexa skill

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