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Authors will make far more on those ebooks through direct sales than publishers are offering. There is no incentive for authors to sell those rights to traditional publishers which means, in the fairly short term, publishers run out of material to sell.

It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.

One thing I often talk about in my business is that an eBook is not like a print book: it's very, very different. It's organic. It's changing.

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.

In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a format that will bring forth many new writers to publishing.

I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.