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Originally Posted by stonetools
Why is he doing this book self pub? Well, it could be:
1. His editors at Tor told him this book was not up to par and he decided to that they were wrong and to put it out himself.
2. He just wanted a one off experiment.
3. This is the first step in a campaign to gradually move away from traditional publishers' "plantations" into the bracing freedom of "self publishing".
Personally, I think (1) most likely, although many folks here like (3).
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If you've read any of Goodkind's novels then you know that he is strongly libertarian, always espousing the philosophy of Ayn Rand. That makes in my mind #3 the most likely option. I could see Goodkind wanting to be rid of the parasites.