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Originally Posted by rhadin
Publishers do bring a lot of benefits to books -- including to both authors and readers -- benefits that will not be adequately replaced by direct publishing by authors.
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What are those benefits? When all books are available in e-format and ebook devices become widespread, there will be no need for a "publishing industry", and then we'll see the death of the pbook. Authors will publish, prize and sell their work with nobody in the middle, and that will be ok for me.