Print On Demand or POD companies focus on rapid return to market. Thos quick turn around aproach has led to a revolution amongst traditional authors. POD services can be used to make sure that ebooks are also an attractive feature for the self-publisher. There are lots of e-publishing platforms to accomondate this new rise in business.

The Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing war is heating up as each sector works to maintain and or steal anothers market share. Amazon has positioned itself to be in the best positon to capitalize on this new publishing trend.

It's inconclusive if Amazon surpassed hardcover book sales this past quarter however, it would appear that e-publishing is a growing industry and will remain a major force in the online book publishing arena.