In today's "Saturday Essay" feature in the Wall Street Journal, authors Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch anticipate the "Death of the Duopoly". They're referring to the Democrats and Republicans and their hold on the US Government.
There are 2 fascinating aspects to this article. First, the change they foretell is very similar to the "Great Change" described in Virtually Yours, Jonathan Newman. In the novel, Republicans and Democrats are swept aside by a popular shift to the libertarian Freedom First Party.
Second, there is a reference to how industries that were dominant for decades find it difficult to cope with change...
"There is a positive correlation between an organization's former dominance and its present-day inability to cope with change. As the technology business consultant Nilofer Merchant has aptly put it, "The Web turns old industries on their head. Industries that have had monopolies or highly profitable duopolies are the ones most likely to be completely gutted when a more powerful, more efficient system comes along."
Sounds like the publishing business, doesn't it?
You can find the article online at
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303848104576385922449922958.html?KEYWORDS=duopoly

The manuscript for "Virtually Yours, Jonathan Newman" went to the Amazon affiliate that will publish the book in collaboration with Trailhead Press this summer. The cover art is done, final revisions have been made, a press release to promote the book is being prepared...
It's all been a wonderful odyssey and I'm learning so much - about a fundamentally changing industry, how I write most efficiently, the strange feeling you get as characters take on lives of their own, the politics of publishing.
Now comes the most mystifying part of all - how to connect the book with it audience.