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Originally Posted by plumboz
However, personal status as self published author aside, may I point out that simply dismissing all self published work as unworthy of consideration is exactly like saying any musician or group that hasn't got a current recording contract must lack musical chops, taste, stage presence, whatever.
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But that was not why what I said. I said that I choose books in a way that minimize the risk that I am wasting my time. And for now that means that I only choose from traditionally published books.
I assume that if somebody whose opinion I really trust really recommends a self published book then I will read it. But that is probably the only case now.
And I feel that t he comparison to music is totally irrelevant since for work that are not obvious crap you have to spend much less time for music than for a book before deciding if it was bad or not.
Can you give some example of well edited dreck?
All examples I can think of is not well edited like late Clancy books that are not edited at all.