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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Well, no, actually. Many authors, perhaps even most, need the editing, promotion, and distribution services.
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I would agree with editing. As for promotion and distribution, not so much anymore. Even for those that can't promote/distribute themselves over the internet, they should be able to find someone who can do it for a lot cheaper than the big publishing companies.
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I dunno that I think those services are worth 85-93% of the list price
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That's the real tragedy in all of this. The copyright argument always ends up in a fight between the consumers and the copyright holders (authors). The sad part is that both of them are being screwed by the publishers. You don't really hear people attack it from that point of view as much though, which is probably exactly what the publishers want. They'll happily let consumers and authors go at each other, and quietly rake in the cash from both sides.