In other words, in this new, more enlightened day and age, the power to bring radical new ideas to life, cement your expert credentials, and even build a following while testing works» commercial viability outside of
traditional channels lies at your fingertips.
There is no doubt that
traditional publishing
channels can offer expertise and distribution resources that self - publishing
channels still find difficult to penetrate, but yet again we have another author speaking from within the
traditional industry, albeit with experience of running an independent bookshop, trying to suggest that the woes and challenges facing the industry — at least some of them —
lie squarely with authors and readers, the two marginalised protagonists existing at opposite extremes of the
traditional industry and also divided by it.