I'm waiting for the day when the publishing company's industry will suffer. I believe it is just a matter of time, before you'll see bookstores, there with there own laser printers and binders. You could go in, pick a book, and have it printed and binded in a few minuits, or when E-books will catch on in even more popularoty.
I'm waiting for the day when the publishing company's industry will suffer. I believe it is just a matter of time, before you'll see bookstores, there with there own laser printers and binders. You could go in, pick a book, and have it printed and binded in a few minuits, or when E-books will catch on in even more popularoty. Publishers perform a fairly valuable service. I know people in the publishing industry, and I've seen some raw manuscripts. Believe me, there's a lot of junk out there that doesn't get published. Sure, there's a lot of published junk, but the unpublished stuff is usually really bad. Publishers sort of act as a gatekeeper.
There are also good books that publishers edit. They make an interesting book more readable.
Finally, publishers market, distribute and promote books. Believe me, this is important.
The instant book thing sounds appealing, and in some cases will be great. But I don't think publishers are going to disappear.