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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Actually, it is a very good business model. Having an author pay for all the costs to publish a book and the marketing. I think there is a profit to be made there. But, it won't be in selling the book, it would be and editing company. I could see it making a profit...if...
You can find enough authors that are willing and able to pay for this stuff up front. Which I highly doubt...
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That's the problem, isn't it? 95% of authors probably think that they are in the 5% that can be published
without the aid of a professional editor. We hear an endless litany here at MR about the so-called "greed" of publishers. I wonder how many of the complainers are actually aware of the amount of work that publishers do, and how much it costs?