Publishing is old - according to wiki by the year 1501 over 8 million books had already been printed, newspapers began in 1603 and magazines began to be published in 1603. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing. Since 2007 the advent of digital media means that publishing has exploded far beyond what was once the gate protected kingdom of a select few. Various platforms now offer diverse and formerly excluded writers the ability to have their say and present their books to