Indeed. And the catalog, given how backwards the book industry remains, is the key. My friend recently finalized his book with a major publisher. Despite eff

Indeed. And the catalog, given how backwards the book industry remains, is the key. My friend recently finalized his book with a major publisher. Despite efforts to edit electronically, he relented to five rounds of fedex'd doorstops. He offered to generate the Kindle edition himself, but this was deemed contractually impossible. These companies have to be culled to get to our veritable library of ebooks. But in the meantime, I imagine Amazon has been kicking lots of asses to get this far.