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Old 03-18-2011, 05:47 PM   #134
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Originally Posted by toddos View Post
Taken to the extreme, the entire "publishing industry" essentially goes away, replaced by authors working directly with distribution pipelines (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc). When the author can directly publish his book to the Kindle store, what need is there for Random House?
Traditional publishers have another function besides making their shareholders rich. When a publisher (I mean of course a "real" one) offers you a contract he is saying I value your work enough to invest in it. This objective confirmation of the quality of your work is entirely missing from the self-publishing model. Something of the sort is very necessary, and it's hard to see where it's going to come from if you puiblish directly.

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