Here's an interesting post about the state and future of publishing:
"Since starting this blog, I've been startled by the volume of people who have contacted me about self-publishing. And these are not the people the publishing industry would have you believe they are. These are not egocentric idiots with all the grammatical skill of a mentally deficient teenager. Neither are these hopelessly naive fools who are going to get taken by the next scammer to come along.
"In fact, some of these people are authors who have been put in print by the legacy publishers."Read the whole thing, here: http://blog.prodigal.ca/a-sudden-explosion-of-self-publishers-104
