If you can make a zine, you can make a book. We're at an interesting juncture in publishing history. An individual can produce a book as polished as a corporate outlet can for about the same price. We're at a point where we can reasonably look at what corporate media can offer us, and choose what best suits our needs as the cultural producers. The rise of indie music offers a potential model.
Major labels suck.
The same shift could happen in publishing. This time, it's zinesters and their photocopiers instead of guitarists with their four-tracks. Indie music in the '90s, indie publishing in the '00s. I've also newly posted the exact numbers of my own recent publishing venture. A general article on writing novels and one on the very useful tradition of the writer's workshop .