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I'm surprised that the following question hasn't been asked already:
"Exactly what is the role of a publisher in an internet distributed environment, and what do they receive payment for?" (they don't print, pack, ship or stock the book anymore....)
In time, authors will "publish" their own works directly or via web-based stores without any need for a publisher other than for the physical versions. Contracts will eventually be amended to reflect this.
There'll be a long and hard battle from publishers between where we are now and the above scenario.
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