Remove gatekeeper work

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The Coming Death of Self-Publishing

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The traditional model is built around a system of gatekeepers—agents, acquisitions editors, and other publishing professionals whose role is to make judgments about what will and won’t be published. Traditionally published works were probably good; vanity publications were probably bad.

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Are Publishers Afraid of Social Media?

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In his article, “ For Publishers, Who Are the Gatekeepers of Social Media? ”, Kinsman quotes Hearst’s Matthew Milner as asking whether all stakeholders should “be given the capability to tweet.” Thinking of social media in terms of control simply doesn’t work.