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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
If authors could lease out their copyright to two or more publishers simultaneously, it would be such a tremendous boost for the quality of publishing. We'd finally see competition driving quality formatting of books (and ebooks)!
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Authors could do this now. There's nothing preventing them from doing so.
The issue is that publishers invest their own money and resources into preparing an e-book, and would probably be less willing to do so if you cut their profit margin in half. Particularly considering how many books lose money anyway.
And if the book is ready for sale - like Prestone Antifreeze - you don't need a publisher at all, just a retailer.