Walter Jon Williams - That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants s...

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That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.

Walter Jon Williams

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Deshalb werden Redakteure und Verleger niemals veraltet sein: Ein Leser möchte, dass jemand mit Geschmack und Autorität ihn in die Richtung des Guten weist und das Schreckliche von seiner Tür fernhält.

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