http://www.openculture.com/2009/08/top_ten_reasons_why_the_kindle_wont_be_an_ipod_for_books.html

(it’s in my 2nd mammoth wall of text)

as mr. korath says in his blog, this really won’t affect the top tier authors of the world that much, but it amounts to a fundamental shift as to how the bottom-tier and mid-list authors could do business. i’m actually quite interested in how said authors can/will grow their readerbase. i think we’ll see a lot more avenues emerge (other than say, the tred and true book tour.)

i think the next major step/hurdle will be when a nominally top-tier author decides to just self-publish and promote, rather than sign a long-term book contract.