Editing Freedom of the press (section)

== Relationship to self-publishing ==
Freedom of the press is not construed as an absence of interference by outside entities, such as a government or religious organization, but rather as a right for authors to have their works published by other people.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|first1 = L. A. Scot|last1 = Powe|title = The Fourth Estate and the Constitution: Freedom of the Press in America|url = https://archive.org/details/fourthestatethe00powe|url-access = registration|page = [https://archive.org/details/fourthestatethe00powe/page/200 200]|publisher = University of California Press|year=1992|isbn = 9780520913165}}</ref> This idea was famously summarized by the 20th-century American [[journalist]], [[A. J. Liebling]], who wrote, "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one". Freedom of the press gives the printer or publisher exclusive control over what the publisher chooses to publish, including the right to refuse to print anything for any reason.<ref name=":0" /> If the author cannot reach a voluntary agreement with a publisher to produce the author's work, then the author must turn to [[self-publishing]].