What is the future of Internet publishing?
“Married to print-on-demand technology, it will eventually change the entire face of publishing as we know it,” says author Kate Saundby. Gettman predicts, “I think that the mass-market production and ‘lifestyle/coffee-shop’ (as well as Internet discount) retailing of printed books will accelerate and become increasingly popular (and increasingly competitive) over the next several years, but that rather more intelligent readers will despair over the uniform, unoriginal content that is being promoted to them. This latter community of readers will gradually turn to online publishers for more rewarding and interesting reading material.” And after the fact? Multi-published author Diana Gabaldon writes, “Now, once published, I’ve certainly used the Internet and its assorted venues to publicize my books and keep in touch with readers–and very helpful and unique it is.” Publisher Bill Brennan of Book-On-Disc.Com believes that “electronic publishing will change the way authors communicate wit