Gapers Block, a Chicago-centric news and events webzine, hosted a interesting panel discussion with bloggers/writers about how blogging and the internet is changing the relationship between authors and readers and what publishers are and aren't doing with the change.

From lower left, below, clockwise, was:
Kevin Smokler, Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times, KevinSmokler.com
Erin J. Shea, Tales from the Scale, EJShea.com
Wendy McClure, I'm Not the New Me, Poundy.com
Claire Zulkey, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Zulkey.com
Kevin Guilfoile, Cast of Shadows, CastofShadows.net
Andrew Huff, editor-in-chief of Gapers Block, Me3dia.com