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Re:What Amazon's ebook strategy really means by dhimes on Saturday April 14, 2012 @03:27PM (#3841754)
Of course. I was thinking of a startup that helps authors self-publish, as (I presume- I've never done it) some blogging software is dead-simple for non-tech bloggers to use.

By getting rid of the middleman, the authors will be taking on the new challenge of marketing their books- by no means an easy task, especially if you are unknown and not tech-savvy.

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Re:What Amazon's ebook strategy really means by chromatic on Saturday April 14, 2012 @03:52PM (#3841822)
I've considered it, but automating all formatting is still troublesome and dealing with documents written in Word, of all things, is already a mess.
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Re:What Amazon's ebook strategy really means by kkreamer on Saturday April 14, 2012 @11:23PM (#3842630)
We (lulu.com) already do this, including printing from Word docs. And, putting a print book or ebook up for sale is free (including going to the iBookstore and the Nook store).

Note that while I work at Lulu, I don't officially speak for them.

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