Two years ago TeleRead ran Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti's post on Why a distinguished small press isn't publishing e-books yet: Godine designer speaks out. A small literary house, heavy on poetry collections like the one shown here, Godine did not feel that it was ready for the technology or vice versa. How about today? Are traditional independent publishers, not the born-digital variety, going for e-books in a major way? Based on my experiences at PMA Publishing University, which piggybacked on BookExpo America in Los Angeles, I would say that the indies still have a long way to go. E just...

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Moderator: Our newest contributor is Marion Gropen, a Simon & Schuster alum well versed in publishing's business side. Welcome, Marion! - D.R. Espresso machine: POD printing someday at your local FedEx Kinkos? David touched on an interesting point. Can fiction be profitably published using POD printing or as e-books? In general, and in my opinion, not yet. Larger presses rarely want to launch fiction in the small numbers associated with POD printing and e-publishing. They do use these tools for backlist or ARCs (Advance Reading Copies), but when they sign a novel, they put so much money into preparing...

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