The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.
The best defense against these people is to educate parents and children of the dangers that come along with the Internet and by limiting access to certain sites during the school day.
In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States.