[Ken Maltby]

It should be obvious by now that some publishers do more than others. That not all
authors are treated to the same service from a publisher, as other authors using the
same publisher. That it turns out that it's the publisher who ends up deciding how
much of a books proceeds are needed to cover the "services" provided by the publisher.

It may be that a number of the "services", including editing, that are touted as in the
publisher's province, can be available to an author outside of the BPH, perhaps at some
point, in a more effective and less expensive fashion. Some authors may come to find
that there are what they may have expected from the BPH, to be available from
separate service providers.

I wonder how many authors might come to ask themselves, How much of my book's
returns goes to pay for services at the BPH that I don't need or use? How much went
to pay for services to support a more favored author's project?

Luck;
Ken