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Originally Posted by stonetools
You don't really write a "Godfather" , a "Sea Biscuit", a "Steve Jobs: A Biography' or a " The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" by pounding out copy in your basement and outsourcing to an editor, a proof reader, and a cover artist. Those kinds of books just won't get written under the new model.
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Why not? Are you really saying that a future Mario Puzo couldn't write a great novel under this modern system? Author talent is nothing without a professional editor? I am sure the BPHs would love us to all believe this.