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I decided to write this after Penguin's recent announcement that they were creating a self-publishing program under their manuscript critiquing service, Book Country. I'm not going to get into how bad this is for authors. Others have stated that far more eloquently than I can, so go read J.A. Konrath's, David Gaughran's, and Dean Wesley Smith's posts on this matter.

Basically, what Book Country is offering is the following:

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Professional Print and eBook: $549

Let us do the work for...