Hell's bells, if we have to make sure we send an edited manuscript to our agents and editors before they «edit» it — and yes, there are a number of authors who pay freelance editors to go over their work before submitting it because they know there will be no real editing done
by their editors at certain
legacy publishers — and we have to do our own marketing and
promotion and do it on our own dime, why are we giving
legacy publishers the majority of money earned
by our hard work?