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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
Because publishers provide a lot of services that would be a major headache for the author - editing, distribution, getting copyrights straightened out if they use anything from outside sources (King, to use your example, can't just put all the song lyrics he uses into his book, he has to get permission from each and every rightsholder), promotion, and so on.
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Originally Posted by JeremyR
Because most authors would rather write than anything else.
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And this is the niche that publishers need to move into or else new businesses will spring up (already are) that provide just these services to authors in the ebook realm. I expect that many books in the future will never see print (some even now) yet still be "bestsellers."