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Originally Posted by crossi
If I had a book I would want to say forget an advance instead I'll pay upfront for the services I want to buy. And I might not buy all the services I want from the same publisher. I might buy editing from one and promotion from another promoting competion for my business. In any case the proper relationship is that of any other paid for service provider. Like the guy who fixes your plumbing or adds a porch to your house.
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Most people could not afford to pay that kind of money. What people always seems to forget is that publishing is a gamble. If you knew before publishing how much a book would sell of course things would work differently. So in principle somebody have to take the risk. And if you as the author would like to take the whole economical risk then I would be very surprised if you could not buy all the services.