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mdibella · 12-04-2007, 12:24 PM

I see in another thread that Steve Jordan is publishing his books for Kindle, and I applaud that because I have read and enjoyed his work...

...but...

I can't help feeling very concerned that Amazon is improving its bragging rights regarding the quantity of available Kindle content by allowing just anyone to self-publish their books. Will we be seeing a lot of unedited, unproofed content, and much of it frankly not very well written?

I can see that I will be reading an awful lot of first chapters, just to determine if this new author I never heard of is an undiscovered gem or just a writer-wannabe.

Editors are good, they do valuable work...has Amazon bothered to hire any, or did they just throw open the doors to anyone with a modem and a dream?

12-04-2007, 12:24 PM	#1
mdibella Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 1107 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Infinite Kindles, Occasional Sony's	Will Amazon forgo quality to enhance quantity? I see in another thread that Steve Jordan is publishing his books for Kindle, and I applaud that because I have read and enjoyed his work... ...but... I can't help feeling very concerned that Amazon is improving its bragging rights regarding the quantity of available Kindle content by allowing just anyone to self-publish their books. Will we be seeing a lot of unedited, unproofed content, and much of it frankly not very well written? I can see that I will be reading an awful lot of first chapters, just to determine if this new author I never heard of is an undiscovered gem or just a writer-wannabe. Editors are good, they do valuable work...has Amazon bothered to hire any, or did they just throw open the doors to anyone with a modem and a dream?