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Originally Posted by HarryT
I regard the publisher's role as a "gatekeeper" as important...
...Baen...
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EDIT: Okay, admittedly a bit trollish
But to pursue the question further and avoid "arguing taste," is it even reasonable to present Baen as an example of traditional publishing? Isn't nontraditionality of selection, promotion and distribution a substantial part of their shtick? Maybe they're playing some kind of gatekeeper role, more in terms of subject matter than quality, perhaps, but I'd place them somewhere in the middle of the spectrum between "self pub" and "trad pub." Their business model is at least in part an attempt to disrupt traditional publishing. Do most of their authors even approach them through agents?