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What value to publishers actually provide? 1. Marketing 2. Floating financing for editing, rendering, etc. Did I miss anything? This just seems like the same
by darby_eight 2y ago
What value to publishers actually provide?
1. Marketing
2. Floating financing for editing, rendering, etc.
Did I miss anything? This just seems like the same 'ol trope of leveraging capital to take future returns wildly disproportionate to the value actually added. Marketing is no longer as necessary with social media—we just need a way to support artists while they work independently of predatory entities.
- bombcar 2y agoThe only really remaining value is an indicator to readers/buyers that this book "might be worth it", as compared to a self-published item which could have any varying quality. But that's relatively minor in the big scheme of things, because most published books are also unread.
- triceratops 2y ago> same 'ol trope of leveraging capital to take future returns wildly disproportionate to the value actually added As far as I know, book publishing isn't a high-margin business. Fronting capital to publish an author is quite risky and they deserve to make a profit. What they cannot be allowed to do is choke off ownership and make us all renters.
- darby_eight 2y ago> As far as I know, book publishing isn't a high-margin business. E-book publishing certainly is or there would be more bullet points to add to my comment above. The only way this could not be the case were if they were addicted to investing in authors that didn't produce revenue—certainly possible, but I don't see any indication of this.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y ago> Floating financing for editing, rendering, Based on the error riddled books I see nowadays, they're not investing much on editors.