First of all I greatly enjoyed Talion: Revenant and would love to see a sequel, even if it is in ebook format
And although i can't blame authors aspiring or established to try and make a profit, the market could get flooded very quickly by crap. This is where the review process should be required...and sites such as read and find out come into play, to promote the good above the bad.

I agree I don't see the older generation doing it right off, until this starts effecting publishers bottom lines. There will always be a market for books I feel, or at least for the foreseeable future.

Really, I think word of mouth comes into play here, where author x recommends author y who then promotes author z and x... The publishing industry does it anyways in blurbs on books from established authors.