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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
True, but the same is the case about "good" writers in traditional publishing (with different people having different ideas about what constitutes "good"). The good writers will still be able to find their audience, as will a few of the ones who perhaps shouldn't have bothered.
All they need to do is get people to look at their work. It won't be instant over night success, but then again very few traditionally published authors have done that either.
The internet, and to a lesser extent self publishing/print on demand, will increase the amount of "bad" writing out there, but it shouldn't take more than a few pages to tell good from bad. They can also get feedback and advice from other writers as well as readers.
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The problem is that the numbers are too large. A few pages per book adds up very quickly when you are talking hundreds of thousands of titles. It sounds good but it just doesn't work at that scale.