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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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I would also say that role of a publisher may change a bit in the future. I would not be surprised if we see more publishers like Baen in the future that are more focused on offering a consistent selection(call it genres, styles of books, whatever) for the readers, while handling all the non writing duties (ranging from editing, art work, publicity, social media to connect with the fans, various gimmicks to introduce readers to a new writer, etc...) for the authors.
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Baen has enjoyed a significant first mover advantage in the e-book realm.
But it's not scalable. You can't have 3000 niche publishers all imitating Baen - no one would ever be able to find a book.