The Plover and the Crocodile

What’s the most important thing a publisher can do for an author?
From Jim




Milliners make hats. They don’t fly airplanes or sell insurance. Writers write books or stories. They’re not responsible for editing their work. They don’t design the covers for their books, and they don’t distribute them to bookstores. And they sure as hell don’t act as a marketing department for their work.
Oh, wait... Yes, they do. Never mind. Let’s start over.
What is the most important thing publishers do? There are m...