So I recently came upon this "publisher" of e-books. They seem to take 30 page articles written for dirt cheap and try and sell them as "books". From reading reviews, it seems like they don't take too much time to edit them, and will post up anything they think they can make a buck on.
The questionnaire they ask potential authors to fill out is quite telling. They seem to think that a $50 flat rate is a fair rate for something that they'll turn around and sell for $10 a copy, and then they proceed to never even disclose the names of the authors.
I guess this is what the democratization of publishing gives us. Content farms full of junk sold for as much as they think they can get away with.
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