Progress report …

… The dead end of DIY publishing — Books. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Recently, academic and Internet pundit Clay Shirky told Findings.com, "Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word 'publishing' means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That's not a job anymore. That's a button. There's a button that says 'publish,' and when you press it, it's done."