I found this amazing link on ebookreaders:
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix

C2C seems to be a little bit like waiting for a bus this week; none for ages and then two show up at once. I guess there’s a post-processing delay between the recording date and the date each show is posted up to the site and added to the feed. I’m just too eager!

Adam

I like that the reader can buy more for their money by cutting out the middle-man, the publisher. One concern I do have though is this: How can the consumer get an assurance of quality when an authour sell his own work? I guess that comes over time with user-feedback and experience.

If I didn’t know or trust an authour I’d prefer to buy e-books from sites like amazon or a publisher’s own website – depending on the price – which, for me, would give the books sold there a stamp of approval. The buyer would know that the books would have to be properly edited and have passed through the regular sanity-checks — a standard professional process — before being released to the public. Another option would be for authours to provide free samples.

I fear it would be all to easy for an authour to turn around and say, “Yeah, the book has typos and editing problems, but what do you expect for $2?”

Also, while I’m keenly following the changes in the book-publishing industry and looking forward to the e-book revolution, I still think that there is something inherently more valuable in a printed book. Perhaps this is because I am used to paper books, or because I can’t afford a good e-book reader. I want one, but perhaps the majority of readers only read occasionally and can’t justify the initial outlay. Perhaps all these things will change with time. Perhaps the only question is, how much time?