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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Not at all. I'm simply going to point out that not a one of those quotes you posted even hints (let alone exactly states) that traditional publishers provide "no value." In fact, at least one of them recognized/mentioned a valuable service that they DO provide.
What all of them DO suggest (which you seem unwilling to accept/admit) is that they question whether the value traditional publishers DO provide (and everyone here recognizes that they do provide some--regardless of what your reality wants to believe we're saying) is worth the traditional asking price anymore.
I don't know how much simpler I can make it for you. You're arguing with people who aren't saying what you seem to need them to be saying.
The future is not tradpub OR indie; black or white. The future is a hybrid of both--BECAUSE of the choices indie success is providing today. Regardless of "tiers."
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This particular strawman seems to have first raised its ugly head in post #65, where pwalker himself wrote:
"The idea that indies are the wave of the future and the tradition publishers, who obviously provide no value and simply suck money from the hard working authors, are going the way of the dinosaur does seem to be the narrative being pushed by the indie fan base."
I replied in thread #70, including as the first three sentences of my post:
"It is not that Trad Pub provides no value. It is the price to authors of obtaining the services that constitute that value. And, unlike the past going back decades, Trad Pubs now have competitors providing these services or alternatives to them."
Good luck!