The publishing industry is changing in a major way. Although traditional publishing methods are highly regarded, they are also very costly and somewhat cumbersome.

After experiencing this personally with his book Attention! This Book Will Make You Money, Jim Kukral realized that he could do it just as easily himself. He even came up with an idea that uses crowdsourcing to pre-fund a series of books, which has raised over $20,000 up to this point.

Kukral told us that, while books and newspapers would always exist, self-publishing created opportunities for more people to get published.

How do you see self-publishing methods impacting the overall publishing industry?

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Six Days in Fallujah not dead yet, first gameplay shown.Six Days in Fallujah ignited a frenzy of controversy when it was announced earlier this year. Though Atomic Games set out to recreate an accurate representation of the battle, Konami dropped the game from their publishing line after the onslaught of criticism they receieved.

Even without the funding of the Japanese publisher, Atomic Games has continued to press forward with the development of the game, hoping to be picked up by another publisher. The game has since been featured on an ABC report, showing off the first glimse of the game in action.

Controversy aside, the game looks pretty solid so far. It will be interesting to see if the game ends up being published, and what if it could perhaps even change the way video games are perceived by the media.
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