Are the real issues about publishing in its current form is not just or even really about publishing and the current business models, e.g. Novels down to side-bar articles, paper through digital delivery, it’s about creating a new business idea for attracting paying markets for the work of writers.
Should we really be looking at what we can do to innovate in the writing forms we expect to be published I.e not the book.
Should we accept that niche markets are the most likely outlets for the material and the traditional model, regardless of the production values it engenders, writing, editing, rewriting, more editing, proofing, production etc., all carried out by paid professionals is just too expensive a model.
Writers need to have editing, copy editing and production skills to ensure that they can appear attractive to a small low cost, low volume, large number of titles publisher.
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