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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Truth is, there really is a ton of unreadable dreck out there and you need someone to go through it. I prefer books that have been vetted by commercial publishers because that does usually mean the book meets a minimum standard of spelling and grammar. It may still be dreck, but at least I know it's written in readable English.
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That is the role of an editor. You don't need to sell your soul to a publisher to get access to an editor, you can hire them by the hour or by the job (book).
Everything else that a publisher does -- distribution, promotion (if you're lucky), etc, is irrelevant in the internet age. Both established and new writers can easily bypass them in order to reduce prices for consumers, and at the same time increase their own income from what they write.