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Originally Posted by mknopp
So, what do publishers do for authors now-a-days, that a little leg work on an author's part can't also do, and put a lot more money in the author's pocket? Is it all about the up front cost? It cost money to pay an editor; it cost money to pay an artist. Do so many authors not have that sort of money that they have to sell the rights to their labor to a publisher to see it available to customers?
I am honestly asking by the way.
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I'd say yes.
It costs money to finance a print run, it takes contacts to get the books into retail outlets. Yes authors can self-publish in electronic form for very little outlay, but also for a much smaller audience than print books get.