Because I posted an article that only someone recovering from pneumonia may have time to read, maybe I should offer a few choice highlights:
The article states that "legacy publishing is dead," but the implication is that corporate publishing may return to the cottage industry it was before the conglomerations formed. And is that a bad thing?
Re the DOJ suit: publishers are not fearing that Amazon will end literacy; they fear they will become redundant.
He says the bookstore wars are dead; the war being fought now is whether authors will remain with traditional publishers or will go over to Amazon.
He believes the development of the ebook, with the possibility of links, videos, and reader interaction, will open up new forms of literature, and that literacy will thrive, and our species, biologically programmed to tell each other stories, will do so in whole new ways.
He mentions the word "democritize." Personally, from the beginning, I've liked the democratic aspect of self publishing.
An expedition may be necessary, if very ill advised....
