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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
In order for the long-term control of intellectual property to become a big issue for an author, he or she needs to have been quite unusual in terms of short term success. Not all of those authors are affluent, but, by and large, they don't need our sympathy.
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While there may be instances where this is true, there are many cases where the publisher's firm grasp of the copyrights is preventing non-major authors from being able to publish ebooks of their backlist, seeing how the publisher is uninterested in doing so.
This is directly harming the authors involved. While they may not mind if the publisher publishes the ebooks, by not publishing the ebooks, and preventing the author from doing so, the publisher is harming the authors.
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
But, being a reader and not an author, my main reason for cheering on big publishers is that they make books better.
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While many people do complain about the publishers, I find that very few don't acknowledge the value that the publishers bring to the table, when the publishers actually provide those services.