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Originally Posted by Iqy
Unfortunately you guys are skirting the core issue in my opinion, and that is that only about 1% of books written are ever published. What can the 99% do? I believe ebook sites like zuluexpress and others provide an opportunity too good to miss.
Yes, books have to be edited, any writer will admit that once they've slaved over a book for a year or so they are numb to its shortfalls, and a fresh eye wil fix it,
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But the point is that these sites which permit "self publishing" do not provide an editing service; a "real" publisher does. How good a deal are such sites for the author once they've paid for the services of the professional editor? I'd suggest to you that the editing costs will, in most cases, be more than the author will receive in revenue from the book, and hence such sites really don't provide that great a deal after all.