There's an article in the Sept. 7 Wall Street Journal about some consolidation taking place in the self-publishing industry that I thought might be of interest to those who have participated in threads here about e-publishing and P.O.D.
One of the larger self-publishers, Author Solutions, Inc., is acquiring rival iUniverse, Inc. to create a much larger P.O.D. company to compete with rivals Amazon.com and Lulu.com. A spokesman for AuthorHouse, parent company of Author Solutions, says that the merger is a good move which combines their strength in the service side of the business, like layout and marketing, with the broader set of editorial services offered by iUniverse.
According to the article, self-publishing is a $200 million a year industry, catering to the "growing number of writers who have failed to interest an established publisher in their work."