Comment by jonahbenton

My long retired parents met and worked in publishing. The continued deterioration of the industry is a source of deep sadness for them. I personally however recently found my own ray of hope. By chance I started reading something I really liked, found it was published by a tiny house that has a subscription plan- which is different from an aggregator having a book of the month kind of thing- and publishes super niche unique voices, mostly translations into English. Have read 6 of their books this year, every single one has been just great. Think the breakdown of the big house and homogeneity of the star model leaves space for new shoots to find their audience.