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Originally Posted by JeremyR
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."
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I see.... So, let's say you went to the world's largest food mall, filled with food stands as far as the eye could see.
All of the small one-person booths looks unclean, unkempt, unappetizing and unprofessional. The food you try at each one is less savory than the last. (How many will you try before giving up on them?)
In the middle are a series of professional stands with multiple chefs and with names you recognize. Is it such a horrible thing to gravitate towards them?
If you choose to wade through the waves of low-quality unedited material -- written by people who don't bother to read in the first place -- to find that one diamond in the rough, that's your choice. But I for one have neither the inclination or the time.
And let's not forget, there is more to new writing than fiction. If you're going to put out a non-fiction book, you're almost certainly going to need resources that extend far beyond what is available to the average person.
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Originally Posted by JeremyR
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.
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So, which self-published musicians are putting out truly amazing music these days?
And let's not mix up "indie" with "self-published" in this analysis. There are small publishers that are equivalent to indie music labels.