Erik Hanburg was the guest speaker in my technology class today and I will say that he is an interesting person. He talked about how technology is changing how we as people are doing thing, and it is actually for the better. What he also went on to talk about was how authors are able to write and self-publish their own books thanks to the technology or more like the internet; or more specifically due to Amazon.
He says because of Amazon, along with their release of the Kindle and their self-publishing service, he and other authors are able to have their own books put up on the Kindle and Amazon itself, in which the Kindle is still Amazon I guess, and earn profit that why. This way, they ignore the whole traditional process of getting an editor and publisher to get the book released. Amazon will also print books to those who purchase them that want a hard copy, though the service fee is increased more due to printing.
This is also known as Disintermediation, or removing the "middle man" to bring your product or in this case, book, into the market. I will say that this method is actually very interesting and can help authors who don't what to have and editor and publisher, or do the whole traditional way of publishing a book. Using this method, writers who are successful can sell and earn as much as more renowned authors, and in my opinion is pretty amazing.
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