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Originally Posted by Stoneforger
It probably has nothing to do with how good his books are (I'm not a fan of the genre), but rather how good he is in marketing. I'm not sure exactly how he did
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And thus the role of a good publisher. An author could contract out the art work. Contract out the marketing. Contract out the distribution. Etc. The author may have skills in some of those areas and do them for himself.
The role of the publisher is to be the single point of contact leaving the author free to write. If you go without a publisher, you have to pick up those responsibilities yourself.
Lee