> There are no more middle managers at toaster and television distributors in the developed world This is a joke right? There is absolutely a place for publis

> There are no more middle managers at toaster and television distributors in the developed world This is a joke right? There is absolutely a place for publishers, which is why they still exist fifteen years after anti-copyright campaigners said they'd be done in five. If authors decide not to go to publishers and publish directly you'll have a point. Broadly, they don't.