James Weinheimer wrote:
> Publishers take on an "aura" of authority which they may not deserve. For example,
> if something is published by Pergamon or Random House, we treat it with more
> respect than if it's published by the author.
Unless we already know the author's work. For example, I will read anything written
by Charles De Lint (fantasy); a couple of times, I came across odd-looking books with
a publisher I'd never heard of; I assumed they were self-published, or fan-published,
or something--but I didn't care, because I have more respect for De Lint than for
commercial publishers.
It may be that, in the future, publishers will be relevant primarily for new writers
who haven't yet acquired the reputation needed to stand on their own (much as
magazines today publish the work of writers who can't yet get books published).
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