A virtual publishing system and associated method for publishing an
authored work in a communications network environment includes a
publisher, a repositor linked with the publisher, and a sales manager
linked with the publisher and the repositor. The publisher converts the
authored work to a resulting commercial-grade publication. The repositor
is provided for storing the commercial-grade publication received from the
publisher. The sales manager retrieves the commercial-grade publication
from the repositor and distributes that commercial-grade publication.
