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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Where--exactly--did someone in this thread say traditional publishers provide no value whatsoever?
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Mythical because tradpub doesn't do proactive marketting worth beans. What they are is good reactive promoters of books and authors that succeed in striking a chord with buyers. Once the book succeeds on its own, they flog the heck out of it and put money into it. Otherwise it is sink or swim.
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You forgot conspire, reduce author royalties/payouts/rights....increase contract length, territories...add additional author costs for marketing etc. require authors to do their own marketing and travel and promotion....
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What exactly do you think the posters were saying? Or are you going to play the "They didn't use these exact words" card?
