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Sorry, but what value do publishers provide for _digital_ products? I mean for paperback copies I can understand the value (they will have printers closer to th

• timwiseman 15y ago
  A good publisher can provide editing, formatting, graphics, advertising, and localization. They can also add their stamp of approval to it (I know that this means nothing to a lot of buyers, but it does mean something to some. I have heard a couple of readers of mass fiction rave about trust Del Rey books to be worth reading because they trust Del Rey), and an established publisher can more easily get it into print if/when it is worth doing. Of course an author can do all of those themselves or hire others to handle those steps for them. But it is certainly value-added to have all of that done for you.
• jasonlotito 15y ago
  It's listed in a comment right above yours, but was posted after your comment. Here are his reasons: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/common-misconceptions-about-pu-1.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/common-m...
  • ArtB 15y ago
    Haven't read them all but just skimmed, but I still don't see why he can't just sell his DRMed PDFs of books he writes through some third-party.
• scott_s 15y ago
  I think the key point you're missing is that ebooks still need much of the same work done that physical books do.