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Not completely related, but to answer your question... why not just publish paper-only stuff? Lots of self-publishing resources out there. For example, CreateSpace can publish his books on paper and sell it for him on Amazon for a nominal fee per copy, and for an additional fee, pimp his book to bookstores.

I guess what I'm getting at is, your bother is limiting himself if he only does eBooks.

Nope they have that service: https://www.createspace.com/Se...
The don't offer full on development edits which work with authors in an extended way.

The more upmarket solutions:
https://www.millcitypress.net/...
http://www.authorhouse.com/Ser...

have a more full featured version.

https://www.createspace.com/pu...

Amazon sells books. It does not write them or publish them.

This is not strictly true, at least with respect to publishing. Amazon owns CreateSpace, which is a publisher. As such, it is in direct competition with other publishers, or soon will be.

CreateSpace is currently aimed at the indie/print-on-demand market (for example: https://www.createspace.com/47...) but Amazon has expressed an interest in branching out into mainstream publication.

As such, it is positioned to dominate the publishing and distribution vertical completely, and people are worried about this, for good or ill. This story is less about what Amazon is doing today than what they might do tomorrow.

Personally, as an independent author/publisher I'm not too worried: the more restrictive Amazon becomes the more they set up the conditions of their own demise, because they have no way of effectively erecting barriers to entry in the publishing business, particularly in e-books.

No one will be able to make any money at it, but for authors writing hasn't been about money for decades, so this won't change anything except the viability of traditional publishing.

My mobile devices have actually contributed to my creativity. I'm a writer, and I've come to depend on my mobile devices quite a lot to, well, write. From my first palm Zire to my current Motorola Flipout, I've depended on my mobile devices to write and edit my various stories. The internet connected devices have also been tremendously handy to do quick research on the various subjects relevant to my writing. In each of the boredom cases listed in the article, I'm much more likely to be continuing whatever current story I'm working on or doing research directly related to it. Before my mobile devices, I had to use a notebook if I wanted to get some writing done away from the computer. Obviously, that was quite a lot less convenient than a handy gizmo that fits comfortably in my pocket and is easier to read than the nigh-indecipherable scribble of my handwriting. So you'll see me standing in line between the guy texting his girlfriend and the girl giggling at the latest grumpy cat picture while I'm actually doing something worthwhile, and creative.

If you're curious, my first completed, published novel, which was written entirely on mobile devices, is available here:
Amazon Trade Paperback (Createspace pays me better, but it's still Amazon),
Lulu epub, Kindle, Nook, and iBooks.
It's also free in its entirety on wattpad. I've actually gotten sales from people who started reading it here.

You could buy my book. No one has complained it's not "professional-quality." I specifically requested no DRM from Amazon. It can be done. It's easy. Amazon doesn't require it, it's up to the publisher, and since the publisher is me, and I think DRM is stupid, I made it DRM-free. Just because I'm not a big name yet doesn't mean I can't produce a worthwhile piece of entertainment that stands equal to the best of what's available. If I were a big name, writing for a big publisher, I would demand DRM-free, since it doesn't matter how big you are, DRM is always stupid. Of course it's also available in paper form, for those who prefer it that way.

Links:
Amazon Kindle version of Cerberon
Printed version from Amazon
And if you prefer it from someone other than Amazon:
Lulu totally device agnostic DRM-free epub from Lulu. Wil Wheaton told me to use them.
B&N Nook version (also DRM-free, as far as I'm aware).
Apple iTunes iBook version, despite the fact that iDespise iTunes.
Createspace printed version, which is also Amazon, but gives me a better commission if people buy it here.
Straight from me, half the book as a free preview. DRM-free epub, of course.

Apologies for the advertisement, but you asked.

Amazon provides that service through https://www.createspace.com/ they may provide it in other ways, but you can get editors like that. You can also hire your own editor through the editors guild, http://edsguild.org/ this is the one for the North West, but I"m sure there are options like this in other parts of the country. It is expensive and ideally you wouldn't be paying for the service up front, but it is an option if you intend to self publish.

I think the concern is that Amazon also serves as a cheap replacement for the vanity presses that are from time to time used to sell books that none of the publishers want. What's more, the ebook version in particular has a very low cost of entry over just writing a manuscript.

Amazon does also have a branch that prints books these days, they also own https://www.createspace.com/ . It's basically a one stop vanity press with editing and marketing services available for sale.

If the studies are not published, peer reviewed, and tested, ...

There is a fundamental flaw with the process you've outlined: peer review is anonymous. Here's a link about a superior system:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_peer_review

However, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Maybe I just don't get who decides for official science what's an extraordinary claim and what's ordinary. Swann says Materialism became the official philosophy of science in the ... 1800's I think. The switch was instituted by 3 guys in their 20's... I don't have a copy of that speech, but it was fascinating.

Also, please stop throwing James Randi's name around like a pejorative.

As I said before, he's an entertainer with an agenda. "He does excellent work exposing charlatans", but avoids people with real abilities. You're probably right that there are better people to use as a perjorative.

lulu has been mentioned but if you want to send your book to a "vanity press", amazon only accepts http://www.createspace.com/ books. You might also want to look into asking your old publisher if they would allow you to post the pdf of your new book on a website such as http://www.opentextbook.org/ with an appropriate Creative Common license, allowing them to publish the hard copy. (I did, and they were okay with a pdf but not okay with the LaTeX source - so good luck!) I've used createspace.com myself several times. It is, I understand, slightly more complicated than lulu, but they seem to do a good job. For example, you have to provide a non-standard sized 8''x10'' formatted pdf. (This is fairly easy if your text is in LaTeX). The only option I have used is their free option (you can pay to get an upgraded account with certain benefits ...). The only thing you need to pay for is the proof copy, whcih you must order and approve before publication. Then it is goes on sale on createspace.com and amazon.com.