[From Stephen Trew] Positive comment from an author on the release of iBooks Author. "And so it is that — as a lifelong reader who has been a publisher and an unpublished author and then a published author — I heartily welcome iBooks Author. Anything that helps writers get their work to a wider audience can only be a good thing." He comments on the hoopla about self-publishing and how it's not really a threat to publishers. With potentially lots more books published the role of a publisher as a stamp of quality becomes more important.