«It's also hard to ignore the writing on the wall, or, rather, the gigantic words written in the sky. Publishing is changing. Soon the main audience will be reading digitally. The reasons not to self-publish have rapidly dropped away. I am in control of my manuscript. I am in control of my cover. I am in control of the entire process, and as the creator of the work, I've got to think that's the way it should be» (Brett Battles, jakonrath.blogspot.com, 7 aprile 2011). Le parole di Brett Battles esprimono l’atteggiamento di una nuova generazione di autori anglofoni che prefigurano – e intendono interpretare – un vero e proprio cambio di paradigma per l’editoria.