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No, Elvira, at least, simply said the book had to have a price. That doesn't mean "has to have a publisher". And an author who releases her own work is a publisher.
I take your point and agree with you. But in this context 'free' is taken to mean a new, self-publishing author trying to get their work read, usually because they've been unable to attract the attention of one of the big publishing houses. I don't think we're referring to Dan Brown or JK Rowling offering a freebie as a Christmas treat. The point is that new authors face a massive uphill struggle when even the small indie publishers don't read their stuff because it's free and they therefore think, often erroneously, that it can't be any good.
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