Idea that publishing can infer itself into, and influence, different time periods — like publication can live in the past, present, and future almost independent of when it's actually published.
Self-publishing, you can control every step of the process — writing, editing and design, to production and distribution.
The way most people access information are counter to the idea of waiting for something to come in the mail, holding a physical thing in your hand and spending time with it.
Death of print — seems this inevitable 'death' has been predicted many times, mainly brought on by some new technology, the telegraph, radio, televisions, computers, etc.
Social media is one of the primary ways publishers are reaching their audiences.
We're dependent on these tech companies now from their hardware, to software, to platforms.