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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
Personally, I think that the biggest change is going to be the access to publishing for a wider range of authors. With no need for the huge resources of a print publishing company, there's no need for them to act as gatekeepers to access to publishing.
I think we'll see an order of magnitude growth in the number of authors with books for sale. Of course there'll be an order of magnitude growth in the amount of rubbish for sale too. Sites like Goodreads.com are going to become even more valuable.
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This is 100% my favorite thing about having an ebook reader and participating in the ebook community. I now feel sorry for people who only read what they find on the shelves at Wal-Mart. Besides my school textbooks and two novels for a book club, I haven't read a "bestseller" or a book that cost more than $3 in months but I've taken in dozens of awesome stories I wouldn't have heard about otherwise.