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Originally Posted by toddos
Traditional publishers do provide copy editing, typesetting, and marketing that the average author can't or doesn't want to do himself, and those have value. But the perceived value of, "This company thinks this author's work is good," is unimportant. Reviews, word of mouth, etc will very quickly separate the wheat from the unedited, typo-ridden chaff.
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I'm talking existential angst here. A writer never
knows. If you think you do, you're quite likely sadly wrong. So... Your wife likes it? Your best friend's sister's boyfriend couldn't put it down? I would rather put my faith in the opinion of someone who is going to lose a wad of cash if they make the wrong call.