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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Also, many writers write for themselves, not for others, and do not have as much of an interest in being published. (I wrote for 10 years before releasing any of my books... I was having my fun writing them, not selling them.) Who knows how many good books are sitting on the writer's shelf, because they do not see the likelihood of making a profit, so they won't bother to get it published? Money could be keeping good books from you.
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Similarly, most great books also have great editors. They don't tend to work for free. Some people can edit their works well themselves, but many cannot. I'm sure if there were no money in publishing any more, many authors would self-publish online but the quality would not be as good as it would with the help of a professional, critical eye fine-tuning it.