The future of publishing is to be found in the duality of purpose being demonstrated by the pioneering spirit of both Ev Williams and Dr Mehmet Yildiz.
In the case of Ev Williams we have already seen how he has made two very inspirational moves. One is the buying into of Glose, an ebook publisher based in Paris. Two, is his recent stating that Medium is now going to focus on writers rather than publications, which I personally take to mean Medium's own publications rather than pubs like Illumination.
In the case of Dr Mehmet Yildiz, almost in parallel with Ev Williams, we have seen a commitment to writers of longer reads with the launch of Illumination Book Chapters. This news was most welcome to writers such as myself who like to get our hands dirty with lots of ink.
The links below will take you to Illumination Book Chapters.