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The simple reason for indie Authors is cost, and beware of the predatory scammers. You also have to remember there is a big difference between paying for proof editing, and using an editor. Nine times out of ten employing an editing service will only get your book proof read, with no tips on structure, timing, or including (or removing) details that a real book editor will give you.
Also go a little easier on us Indie novelists who hack, sweet, cry, lose sleep, tear hair our, and shed blood for their creations. Then in an act of insane courage (or just pure insanity) release their creation to the world to see. There are many of us who go over our work constantly to improve it, to catch errors, who bug family members and friends to read and give them feedback on the craziest of passages.
For some of us this the only step we take dragging the stories out of our heads, for some more of us this is the first step on a long road of rejection that will eventually with luck end with glory of being professionally published.
Sorry... I think something got to me in this thread and my rant is now over.
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