Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
Publishers these days very rarely print their own books - it's all contracted out. The primary job of a publisher is to convert the ungrammatical, poorly-written manuscript that the author churns out into something commercially saleable. That is, I think, a point often overlooked in the popular "we don't need publishers" argument one sees so often today. WRONG. Very few authors are capable of writing saleable books without the aid of a good editor, although many more THINK that they are. That role is equally necessary for eBooks.
|
In a world without traditional publishers, there will still exist the need of editors, proofreaders, revisors, etc, no doubt. Even if one day all the publishers disappear from the face of the planet, and consumers start buying books directly from the authors or in channels similar to iTunes, those authors that put out books with good writing, grammar etc will naturally have more success and be able to sell their work for a better price. So they might end up hiring editors and proofreaders themselves, instead of get the job done by their publishers, but the demand for quality will still exist so the job will still get done, somehow. So the middle man might be in trouble, but the ends (the author and the reader) should be fine, IMO.
PS: Welcome to the forums, Wollff, your first post was very good indeed
