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like the smallest water flow, over time even the biggest rock will give way. Unless publishers learn of a way to make their products worth more. In a decade no way they will exist as they do today. And this is the difference between the music industry and literature. There are millions of potential authors out there all of which are worth reading but never make it because the big houses won't give them the time of day because the right eyes never see their work. Now anyone can take a swing at writing and get publish on their own.
I would imagine a publisher might now actually be hunting the indie authors rather than wasting 100% of their time with their slush piles. Why not buy an author who already has a following. I just suspect this could be a tactic publishing house might be more willing to try once an author proves themselves via the indie route. Of course that author might alienate their existing customer base. Maybe some of the indies here can weigh in on the idea and how they might handle it should a larger publisher approach them rather than the author submitting manuscript after manuscript hoping those right eyes will fall on their piece. Of course odds are it will fail for the same reasons the big houses are actually toeing the edge right now...
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