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Originally Posted by Daithi
I believe that the main benefit that publishers provide is that they are "Gatekeepers"...
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Well, yes and no. Publishers do make decisions as to who would and would not get published... but those decisions weren't based simply on quality, they were really based on sale-ability and publisher profitability... which we all know aren't necessarily the same thing.
With the shifting of the marketplace to a new dynamic, in which the web can be as effective in literature distribution as a traditional publisher, we should expect to see a change in the role of publishers, I'd guess to concentrate on the value-added functions they can provide to the author, including editing and possibly promotion, and leaving the rest to the author or other agencies to provide.