Technology lets authors self-publish 1 or 1,000 without breaking bank

The Dallas Morning News has a great article on the changing book world:

The PODs are here, the PODs are here. And resistance, it seems, is futile.

These are not iPods, Apple's popular MP3 player.

These are print-on-demand books, essentially self-published books.

Unlike previous self-published books, PODs are digitally printed, which makes them cheaper and quicker to produce. Since 1997, when the technology became widely available, print-on-demand companies have taken over a big chunk of the book industry.

Out of the 195,000 titles printed last year, one of every four was a POD.

You might not need that big bookshelf in the future.Anyone interested in the economics of book publishing should read this article.