| Sumario: | This paper investigates the impact of digital printing methods linked to Internet applications on publication of vanity books. Authors of self-published books are confined by availability of substrate materials and physical size limitations of digital equipment configurations, but are no longer restrained by cost-effective run length requirements or excessive turnaround times. This paper observes that streamlined workflows and digital equipment configurations, without traditional book editing and proofing cycles, present a self-publishing dichotomy. On one hand on-line book publishing allows greater freedom and flexibility for an author to prepare and produce written works of art without restrictions imposed by commercial book publishers and international media corporations. However, self-publishing has raised concerns over editorial quality, censorship and freedom of expression. The display and distribution of self-publishing through soft proofing, virtual abstracts and digital downloads has altered the way we judge a book by its cover.
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