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Hi Elfwreck,
no, it is certainly not my goal to push people to conclusions I have myself. For the sake of the survey (or the thesis for that matter), I wanted to make a distinction between an eBook from an author that has to provide things "other than writing", for example the cover, by her/himself, and an author that has a publisher that provides the service for him/her. That's why I mentioned the "big publishing house like Random House" in the definition. I now realize that this might not have been clear enough. For me, the distinction is "self-pulishing" where I need to provide editing, cover, etc., while "publishing" means this is done by the big publishing house (with me not paying a cent/investing work in these things upfront). I did not focus on some of the examples you gave, as they do not yet feature that prominently when comparing with the long-standing publishing houses and the new players like KDP and Smashwords.
Thanks for your comment, I hope I could explain this somewhat clearer now for you and the other readers in this thread.
Best regards,
Yves
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