I don't know, but talking to tech professional writers I have responses similar to this: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/12/bedtime-story.html http://jakonr

I don't know, but talking to tech professional writers I have responses similar to this: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/12/bedtime-story.html http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/12/bedtime-story.html Long story sort: If you get more money with the digital version than with paper you don't need publishers, or editors at all, you don't need to give away your copyrights in exchange for access to market by the gatekeepers(publishers) and a minority of the profits. You don't even have to ask for permission, just let the market decide, like web startups. On digital you just make an alpha version and send to friends for testing, make a public beta like this book: http://iphone-3d-programming.labs.oreilly.com/ http://iphone-3d-programming.labs.oreilly.com/ ...And just sell your book digital taking 70% of the money and never losing your copy rights, like you do when you sign with a (paper)publisher.