The ebook deals are about creating a new market (patient, price sensitive buyers)for existing products. Your proposal is for entirely new products, and I thin

The ebook deals are about creating a new market (patient, price sensitive buyers)for existing products. Your proposal is for entirely new products, and I think it's unlikely that the existing publishing companies will change enough to produce them. There is something to the idea, and would probably best be done by the communities surrounding open source products. Don't let this idea die.