If Stephen King were still self-publishing, Under the Dome would have been 500 pages longer than it already is. Thank God there's an editor to tell him to keep

If Stephen King were still self-publishing, Under the Dome would have been 500 pages longer than it already is. Thank God there's an editor to tell him to keep it "short". Also, there were speculations a few months ago that J.K. Rowling was planning to do something interesting with electronic versions of her books. [1] I can't find any follow-up on this, but this could be worth watching out for. Perhaps nobody cared when King played with self-publishing many years ago, but these days people might pay attention to a well-known author doing self- something. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2693384 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2693384