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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
These are exactly the parameters that are changing, making it possible for the writer to do more of these jobs, and to more easily get the book out to the masses. Question is, is that a good or a bad thing? Is putting some or all of the jobs traditionally handled by publishers onto the writer's shoulders good for writer's efforts, or bad for them?
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I don't normally make sweeping comments, but here's one for you:
People not trained in marketing and promotion can't do it properly.
While it's true there are more avenues for the amateur to have a go at it...they won't be any good. Just like anything in life, to do a job well you need practise, training and the right skill set.
Writer's write, publishers publish and marketers market. Twas ever thus.
So putting those jobs in the hands of the writer is a bad thing IMO!