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Originally Posted by HarryT
eBooks most certainly do NOT make publishers obsolete  . Publishers do a heck of a lot of work from copy editing through to sales promotion, publicity, etc, which are not feasible for an individual author. |
We've been down this discussion before.
As a reader, none of those things mean anything to me.
You are confusing value to the author versus value to the reader. As a reader, none of those things justify paying a publisher.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
The internet makes self-publishing possible, but publishers very definitely still have a place, especially when it comes to things like textbooks, where a publisher will arrange peer-review of the material - vitally important and something which an individual author really can't do themselves.
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The internet also makes alternatives to publishers for this too. Alternatives that cost far less.