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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
I'm surprised you didn't mention artwork, marketing and advertising. Those are things I that giant corporations are good at, and might be a struggle for authors to go alone. On the other hand, in the world of ebooks the role of artwork is probably going to shrink.
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An oversight on my part, but yes, it would be included in a publisher's services.
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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
The question that I have is whether any publisher is going to be able to take a big enough cut to stay in business when their monopoly on production of the final product is removed? I can see a new kind of business cropping up, an author services company that contracts to the author to handle editing, artwork and advertising - probably for a fee up front and maybe with a small percentage on the sales.
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Publishers clearly have their jobs cut out for them to handle this sea-change in the way they do business. It's up to them whether they want to make the effort, or take down their shingles and go home.