Self-Publishing Predictions for 2020 and the 2020s

This New Year marks not just the turning of a year but the beginning of a decade. Ten years ago the iPhone was a new-fangled piece of technology and ebooks were a rarity. Today, as indie authors get to grips with a plethora of technology, ALLi director Orna Ross looks to the future, with seven key self-publishing predictions for 2020 — and the 2020s.  

We could make lots of self-publishing predictions for 202o and the decade to come. Publishing has become a sector of great change and the pace will not slow in the 2020s.  But what do we most need to stop and notice now, as we close the first decade in which authors became serious publishing players?
What coming developments and trends will enable more of us to build more beautiful books and more buoyant author businesses? What’s likely to create most opportunities for most indie authors?

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