It's Bad Enough We're Getting Rid of Paper

Now there's a blog post on The Bookseller's website (written by an agent) suggesting we get rid of editors.

Next month:  "Reading - should we even teach our kids?  A debate."

OK, so that might be an exaggeration.  I would be curious to see which publishing house would actually succeed by telling a brand-new author, "We'd love to publish your book.  Our marketing team really liked it.  We'll send it out to a few freelancers to see if it reads OK and then will get in touch once we need you for book tours.

"Wait, is there a problem?  Don't worry.  Your agent will call you as soon as he can."

And then they'll wonder why Lulu.com is suddenly doing so well.