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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I have no desire to see the entire tradpub industry fail utterly. They just need to get over seeing themselves (and presenting themselves) as the "bastion of literature." The sooner they learn to share the stage (and more of the proceeds--in the form of royalties--with their authors), the sooner we can put this battle behind us. There's enough pie for authors, publishers, and editors (and any and all hybrid combinations of those roles in one or more entities) to go around.
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There are plenty of "indie" publishers that are actually small presses with inhouse editors, formatters, and audio studios. (And some "medium" presses that are actually large indie operations.) What distinguishes them all from the NYC gang of Corporate publishers is their contracts and author-centric approach. Traditional publishing houses don't necessarily need to go away but even some of the most rabid anti-indie pundits recognize the "industry-standard" predatory contracts need to go away. And soon.