Amazon's Kindle self publishing platform gives authors the driving seat in the publication of their books. Getting your work published has never been easier and Amazon are now spreading the word and expanding their technology, into Europe, with German and French versions of the publishing tool becoming available.

Nevertheless the emergence and popularity of the e-book and the self publishing route will no doubt continue at dizzying speed.  Amazon and other e-book publishers will however, likely increase their efforts to establish the legal rights of authors and publishers before unleashing their works across the globe.