‘The publishing industry is dying.’   That’s a pretty scary thought for anyone, let alone a writer with a few manuscripts in the bottom drawer and the hope of seeing them on a bookstore shelf one day. It’s also not what you hope to hear after flying halfway around the world to learn about the ins-and-outs of the publishing industry. Nonetheless, there I was, sitting at a desk at the New School – my first time in NYC – and the words were out there.   But here’s the twist, the phrase should have been something more like this; ‘The publishing industry, as we know it, is dying’. That’s a very different proposition. It’s still a little terrifying, but at the same time, it’s kind of…