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Because it is so easy to publish an ebook, a lot of aspiring writers with an idea will try to write a book and publish. Most will be bad or mediocre. But there will be some gems as well.
Forums and communities on the internet will help the readers to find what they are looking for, and help discover the gems. Hopefully... The aspiring writers will be eager to improve and gain insights on how to become better.
The authors of the gems may provide access to themself using blogs and chats that are member only. Or if you prefer, "patron" only. The readers become voluntary patrons, giving donations and membership fees to help/support their favourite author, in return the are given insight to the creative process and may even help with suggestions and research as a book is written. And may even figure by name or nick in the book. Who, knows, they may even learn enough to become great authors. Perhaps even groups of patrons will "order" and pay for a book with some specific theme from their favorite author.
A few authors will still be/become so popular that they can sell their work on the open market, and people will pay. There will be experiments with DMR that will be broken and new types will be invented. I think the most successful method of sale will be "Pay for this eBook, and we will later send you a beautifully bound first edition hard cover paper copy as well, within 6 months."
Most likely the most popular authors will need some help to administer the contact with their patrons, too much and there will be no time for writing. That help may even help groups of authors with marketing on the net, forum coverage and blog updates, provide an outlet for the books, help print paper copies, manage patronage money and make the whole process more efficient for the author. What should we call this help?
Publisher?
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