When the name of The Huffington Post is evoked, many people's first thought is of unpaid bloggers and aggregated content - which makes many journalists slightly unsettled.

Yet The Huffington Post has made a move which not only reasserts its reputation as a publication which pushes the established model of a news organisation, but which also does more than a little to silence some of its critics.

Say hello to the HuffPo e-book.

The book, entitled 'A People's History of the Great Recession', was penned by HuffPo writer Arthur Delany, a young reporter based in Washington DC. The book fleshes out the drama and hardship of life in a severe period of recession, a topic that has been Delany's specialty since 2009, using material from stories the writer had previously published on the news site with the addition of some new information.

In fact, Delany's title is not the only one in the works for The Huffington Post. The news organisations is soon to publish an all-original work, PaidContent reports, by Aaron Belkin, Associate Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and founder and director of gay rights group The Palm. His book, 'How We Won: Progressive Lessons from the Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Do't Tell', discusses the impact of repealing the 17 year ban on gay men and women serving in the military.

Launching such titles via and e-book is not simply a move to expand Huffington Post Media Group interests and raise a bit more revenue, it also shows that The Huffington Post has writers of quality who know how to tell a story; something that more sceptical industry members have found very difficult to believe.

But The Huffington Post is not entirely putting its critics on ice by starting to publish e-books. Those who disapprove of HuffPo's (non) payment strategy will not be surprised to learn that, as "The Huffington Post is not paying advances to its authors; instead, they will receive a share of the proceeds from sales" - so says Rhoades Alderson, a Huffington Post spokesman.

Sources: Howwewon.com, The Huffington Post , , PaidContent, Poynter,