Borders is partnering with Lulu in the self-publishing field or what we librarians used to call vanity press. Recently we had a very good experience using Lulu to publish our Library cookbook, so I'm definitely not looking down my nose at anyone using that source. Now that Lulu is pairing up with a distributor of substantial means and reputation, self-publishing might come out of the shadows a bit more. In this digital world, I personally see it as inevitable, although I'm sure Simon & Schuster or similar publishing houses aren't trembling in their boots yet - good editors are worth their weight in gold.
