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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Blah, blah, blah, greedy sharks, blah, blah, blah.
If you want to leave out the publishers entirely, buy self-published books. It's easy. But pretending that publishers don't add any value to the books they select and edit is being willfully ignorant.
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Publishers add value. Most self-published books are rough (to put it nicely) enough to convince anyone that the selection process, then proofreading and edition process publishers make would-be authors go through is beneficial to their readers.
However, when publishers sell electronic books for the same price as paper books, that's greedy. When publishers use copy-protection schemes that make it awkward for people to sell their electronic books, that's greedy.
If you think you're not getting shafted by publishers with electronic books, you're delusional.