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Originally Posted by pwalker8
And I note that you don't respond to the point at hand, which is why should it be the publisher's responsibility to maintain an electronic copy of the finished manuscript rather than the author's. Of course, it's much easier to snark at someone, rather than try to present facts to support your opinion, assuming that you have an opinion and you just aren't snarking for the sake of snarking.
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It is the publisher's responsibility because the publisher is producing the product that I am purchasing. There is a duty to ensure that it is a fit product. If the words and punctuation are mangled, it is not a fit product. If the author becomes the publisher, then the author assumes that duty.
I do hold large publishers to a higher standard than self-published authors. Those publishers tend to have greater resources and tend to charge higher prices.