The independent publishing market is booming — but the infrastructure is cracking. PublishDrive confronts what nobody names out loud: AI slop degrading catalogues, copyright built on private contracts impossible to prove, and distribution treating indie authors as second-class. Drawing on 400+ retailers and 240,000+ libraries, we will map out what fair infrastructure looks like by 2030.

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