1. Is that based on revenue share? How many new authors can afford good editors? How many writers are good editors themselves? It's relatively easy to proofread

1. Is that based on revenue share? How many new authors can afford good editors? How many writers are good editors themselves? It's relatively easy to proofread but to edit a book is/should be different. And obviously this is just one of the many aspects that comes to my mind. Cover art, PR, marketing? All this could be done without a publishing house but there's value in each one of those. Value = money and/or time (something that a (new) writer may not have in abundance). 2. Fair enough. But arguably the "value" is still there (having an artistic vision, etc.) for the aspiring authors. I feel like I'm being the devil's advocate sometimes when discussing about publishers. There are many things that are suboptimal or wrong about their business practices but I think it doesn't necessarily mean we have to underestimate their contribution to the whole ecosystem. I, for one, am very curious about where the new equilibrium will settle and how many other disrupting forces we're going to witness.