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Blech, must have been one of those, "My writing is divine, and it is an honor to gaze upon it," sort of chaps.
And I definitely understand indie authors being reluctant to pay such a cost. I'm sure the improvement upon a manuscript would be immeasurable, but no one (and this is certainly no fault of the editor) can even begin to speculate upon whether or not that would make a work remotely publishable.
If an indie author intending to self-publish could be reasonably assured that he/she could at least make a return on the investment (depending, of course, upon whether or not they're trying to pay the bills with it), then it would be easily worth it.
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