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Originally Posted by Ankh
Oh no, no introductions, please.
You see, the essence of that little exercise in wishful thinking is getting rid of these "helpful people", taking away their cut, control over pricing, profits, and all nice games that they play with author on one side, consumers on the other.
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But in that way you have the actual writers do a lot of work that they might not be good at. And might not want to do.
Here is a nice quote from Cory Doctorow on his latest self-publishing experiment (admittedly dead-tree) from piece on the PW website
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With a Little Help has helped me realize something: whatever I do next, I don't want to be in charge of all these moving parts. I can't be both a Zen, let-it-all-happen-at-its-own-pace writer and an aggressive, deadline-pushing publisher. If I were realistically going to keep up this publishing stuff, I would need to outsource every task that requires the virtues inherent in agents, editors, sales, marketing, distribution and retail, especially that willingness to tithe a large portion of my working day to logistics, follow-ups, and calls.
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