WEBook: Book Publishing By the Masses

WebWorkerDaily Looks at WeBook.com. They spoke with Sue Heilbronner, president of WEbook and Melissa Jones, the site’s content manager, and asked questions from the point of view of someone who has written and published seven books to-date.

The staid $50 billion publishing industry is dominated by a few traditional publishers that wield tremendous power over the titles that reach bookstores. Writers face a daunting challenge—the odds of an unknown writer securing a publishing deal are 15,000:1.