Publishers becoming a wasteful by-product in Ebook circles?

[Jaqhama]

Check out the article from Brandon's website below...while he's obviously still in favour of actual printed books he also makes a good argument for why writers don't need a publisher when it comes to ebooks.

http://brandonlayng.wordpress.com/20...nd-the-future/

Cheers: Jaq.

[The Griot]

I think serious readers will still purchase printed books. They will also purchase e-books. My wife does both, as does other friends of mine that are avid readers. The POD concept for printers is interesting; some already use it for low volume books. The Expresso machine can print and bind books from electronic files in minutes; I recently read an article where a library that owns such a machine actually orders the digital file from the publisher and prints the book on site. Times are indeed changing.

[JoshBrown]

Seriously, what can an indie publisher do that you can't do yourself? If you can write a query letter, you can certainly write a press release and marketing materials. Small/indie publishers are not all that necessary for ebooks and POD.