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It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.

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

We all need each other in publishing to make publishing work for authors in a variety of formats now and in the future. Anyone who thinks publishers don't bring anything to the table has a very narrow view and lack of knowledge about the industry as a whole.

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.

Authors can get an attitude of us-against-them when it comes to publishers, but learning how authors and editors can work together taught me to look at my work in a different way and to make that work as solid as possible before it ever goes to the publisher.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

The real important thing about Digital-Original publication goes beyond the fact that authors make more money off each sale than through traditional publishing. It's that we get to bypass a system of gatekeepers who have more than 'quality' as criteria for what they choose.