It's been fascinating (pejorative) watching traditional publishers increasingly renege on what are supposed to be the perks of trad publishing.
Marketing? Authors do that themselves now. Editing? Less and less. Commissioning good cover art? Nah, let's see whether readers will notice AI™ slop.
E.M. White, load-bearing grad student
I read a lot of fiction, and even experienced authors are putting out stuff that needs so much editorial revision (I'll name 1 name: 1st Crescent City book? a WHOLE mess, shockingly & preventably bad). Debut authors, esp genre fare? I can see that most are getting almost no guidance. It's not great.
Of all the many things wrong with publishing today, chasing debuts is among the worst, especially when it's paired with a failure to edit and the subsequent abandonment of marketing promises. It's so destructive to young writers.
