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Originally Posted by taustin
Bingo. Anybody can publish now. Literally anybody who can even vaguely write. Homless people can go to a public library, write a book for free, and publish it through any of a number of web sites. Total cost, other than time:
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And that means people like Robert Service (who roved North America for years as a vagabond) can launch into writing on brute force talent. Publishers no longer required or able to keep them outside the wall.