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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
With the ease of self-publication, the Internet is now the world's largest slush pile, and readers looking for decent work must endure what editors are all heartily sick of for good reason.
I have far better things to do with my time. There is probably good stuff out there in self-published land, but I can't be bothered to go and look. There's more actual published work that I want to read than I have time for.
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Dennis
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To me, that's pretty much like saying, "I'm going to always eat at McDonald's or Taco Bell, because I can't be bothered to try places that might be better but might be worse. So instead I'll choose to eat something that is flavorless and dull because I know what to expect."
Or listening to the big musical acts that music companies manufacture. Which I guess right now is Justin Bieber.
What the big publishers push really is no different than their music or culinary counterparts. It might be sellable, but that has little correlation to quality.