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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
They seem to be cherry picking writers with a proven sales history at the moment. Everything else can easily be farmed out on a job by job basis. Some of the bigger name writers might even drag along their own preferred editor and cover artist, etc.
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It's hard to imagine that I'll ever be buying a book in which the various editing and publishing functions have been "farmed out," and if I ever do, it's hard to imagine I won't regret it. Even writers with a proven sales history need editors (and if you don't believe me, read the later work of any super famous author, after they got too big to edit), and it's not a trivial job. The publisher invests as much time in a manuscript as the author does. Really. If Amazon doens't do that, with an experienced, well trained, dedicated editorial staff, their product will suck, and die a quick, well deserved death.
It's possible they have a clue, and are planning on doing this right. But I have doubts, given their history of cluelessness is so many other areas.