Rise and rise of the indie sectors

Nothing totally new here, but I've been made aware of the rise and rise of independant makers and doers this week. Whole new indie-sectors and business models are popping up witihin many of the creative industries.

Indiegames: http://www.indiegames.com/what.htmMake, create and sell games you develop

IndieReader: http://www.indiereader.com/http://www.springwise.com/media_publishing/indiereader/A market place for selfpublished books

Enabled by technology and the desire to break away from the big corporates - is this a turning point for the creative industries?