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Originally Posted by Farhad
Whether it is done by relinquishing copyrights or by a system of contractual obligations, the fact is that most authors cannot do what they want with the work their release through the current corporate publications system.
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I entirely agree. I was simply disagreeing with your statement:
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If the ownership of copyright goes to the authors and not to the publishers that would, indeed, solve 99% of the problems.
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because what you're objecting to is the traditional system of exclusive book distribution contracts, not copyright.
It's really down to the author to make sure that they sign non-exclusive contracts if they choose to deal with publishers.
But don't short-change what publishers do. They do a hell of a lot. It's a rare author indeed who can write a book of a standard that's ready for commercial publication without the aid of a publisher. Most of what the publisher does isn't visible to the reader, but it's there, nonetheless. That's why, unfortunately, most independently-published books are, to be brutally honest, complete garbage.