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One factor that may be effecting the scope and pace of epublishing impacting (perhaps
someday replacing) the current publishing structure, is the public's adoption and the
availability of the technology required to support it. You don't need a device to read or
a computer network to acquire a paper book. You do need those to be an ebook
consumer. Despite the efforts of our government schools, there are still more people
equipped to read a paper book than those with a device to read e-books. An author
has to consider the limits of the ebook market as well as it's benefits.
The good news may be that the number of those equipped to obtain and read ebooks,
is on the rise, as the cost of the required technology steadily declines. Still at this
point, they/we are only a tiny fraction of the reading public.
Luck;
Ken
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