Image links to the Guardian… ^
Interesting article in the Guardian (via The Passive Voice) about how women dominate in self-publishing as opposed to a mostly male run traditional publishing environment. It doesn’t look statistically accurate, and may be hard to back up, but I’m going to go ahead and believe it anyway.
I suspect that any change which lets go of the old guard gatekeepers will allow for more women, minority, and underrepresented voices to be heard. It’s one of the things I most appreciate about the democratization of publishing, and while opening the doors to anything is always a bit messy, it’s a hell of a lot more fun.