Note to publishers: Be afraid, very afraid. Because ebooks are allowing authors to self-publish their work and be very successful, without going the traditional publishing route.

No one personifies this more than Amanda Hocking. She publishes her ebooks on the Kindle platform and, by all accounts, is making millions. No agent. No large publishing houses. If her books were published the traditional way, she would probably be on the New York Times Bestseller List.

This article gives a great glimpse of how indie authors are cutting out the middleman and succeeding:

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