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Old 08-16-2015, 08:52 AM   #132
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No one has actually said they don't provide value. Stop hurling yourself at it like someone did. The question at hand is if the value they provide is still worth the price they ask (for the length of time they require).

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Of course they did.


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The keywords there are "Jim Baen used to". Lots of old-timey editors (who basically held the reins of the publishing world at the time) "used to" do that. But that kind of "mentoring/molding editor/publisher" has been basically extinct for quite awhile now. Where ya been?
Where have I been? Buying books.
Baen Publishing still pairs up authors like that, so it's not exactly extinct.
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