I am being facetious, but I daresay a lot of people who work in the publishing industry sincerely believe that viewpoint. I believe we're living in a time when

I am being facetious, but I daresay a lot of people who work in the publishing industry sincerely believe that viewpoint. I believe we're living in a time when publishers are becoming increasingly irrelevant. They're clawing onto anything they can to retain their position as middlemen and as a tax on commerce.