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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Right now there is nothing the BPHs do for pbooks that can't be done without them.
Editing, formatting, etc? Freelancers laid off from tradpub.
Print editions? POD, job shops, China, Inc.
B&M bookstore distribution? Ingram. Baker & Taylor.
Financing? Kickstarter, etc. Or just go ebook first and let ebook sales finance the pbook.
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Distribution to the extent that customers can order the book through a B&M bookstore? Easy. To the extent that it's regularly stocked on shelves? That's the hard part and where the BPHs and their sales staffs do offer an advantage.
The BPHs are still the only game in town for getting 10+ physical copies in every B&N in the nation on launch day.
That's the one thing they can do better than anyone else.