What Should Authors Do in the Digital Age?

O’Reilly’s Tools of Change 2013 kicked off February 12 with the first-ever Author (R)evolution Day, cosponsored by Publishers Weekly, designed to give authors, content creators, agents, and indie author service providers a full day of panels and breakout sessions. Cory Doctorow, who started the day with an opening keynote, brought up the notion of the “hybrid author”—the author who does more than just write a story—and much of the rest of the day outlined how an author becomes a hybrid autor.