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It seems to me that it is all about the money. Which of course is a fair thing. I mean I see that the writer wants to be paid, the person that spends an hour or more inspecting the book for grammatical errors or even if the book is any good wants to be paid. The Printer/Binder and Publisher want to be paid. The Promotional agency wants to be paid and of course the retailer is paid. A lot of money is required to get the book out to the masses that have all this money in thier pockets.
What all this means of course is that there is a finite amount of spare cash available, reading is a luxury that not all can afford. A lot of mid list authors will never make any money and would have to treat it as a hobby. I personally used to make wooden ships for my hobby, I never made any money, spent a lot though, in having the hobby. Of course some people end up making a small amount of cash from a hobby, just the same as some authors do. If you are any good at your hobby you could make a business from it at some point.
Posting manuscripts into a forum and letting other people be part of your hobby would be a start. At least you would have satifaction when someone says that "your book is awesome." It wouldnt put food on the table but still give you a nice warm feeling. From their I would imagine that word of mouth promotion would start and maybe, just maybe a few publishers would be keeping an eye on a site that may have that gem that is worth their time and money. See back to the money.
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