http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jun/16/ebook-needs-good-editor

This article raises several important pieces of information about e-books.  As we discussed in class editing will invariably result in a superior final product.  Editors are trained to take things and rip them apart in constructive ways that only result in better projects.  However, the article is making a commentary on how often the electronic book process, since it skips by the publisher is often left more or less unedited.  I think this shows a gap that will fill in over time.  We're in a transitional period where the technology is still finding itself out and the advantage of the ebook does stand up to scrutiny in the sense that the process of electronic publishing does lend itself to being more free and open.  However, the article does stress a need for the author to find an editor on their own before going through the process, and since many of the electronic publishing sites are starting to include editing in their list of services provided I think it's only a matter of time before the gap in quality between the ebook and the print book (or pbook as the article refers to it) level out and it then becomes a simple matter of preference in medium when people purchase them.