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Originally Posted by crossi
The publishers should offer services on a a la carte basis. You want editing you pay so much per hour. You want a cover they have artists on commision. You want help with legal matters they have lawyers available. You pay up front for the services you want. No different than hiring a contractor to improve your house. You pay them and ownership of house or book stays yours. instead of only offering services to a select few they could expand their business to provide services to as many authors that are willing to pay. They might need to hire many times their current number of employees.
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Well now that right there is a non-starter. They have downsized to the bare minimum to increase their profits and stock price by slashing salaries & benefits. They are not interested in going back to having a large staff in-house to do all of these things. And if they can't have complete control & ownership of the book, which gives THEM money/control for 35 years rather than the author, then why bother.