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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Also, let's face it, lots of authors are highly motivated to get advances that are far beyond the reach of smaller publishers, as well as aim for a national reach and/or big sales. For better and for worse, those authors are better served by larger publishers.
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Meh, I could care less about advances. My goal is to write great books, sell lots of copies, and share my stories with the world. If I don't see an advance because I go with a small house, then so be it. I don't *need* an advance. Yes, they're nice, but I'd rather prove myself with actual sales than someone giving me cash on the assumption that I'll do good.
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Originally Posted by bhartman36
There's something to be said for having some kind of gatekeeper that's willing to say no to bad writing.
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Call me silly for thinking like this, but I have a suspicion that as self publishing grows, as well as the number of indie authors, someone (or several someone's) is going to appear on the horizon that will become that "gatekeeper" by creating a certificate/title/sticker/whatever system that only gets awarded to good books.
Sorta like having the "Good Housekeeping" seal of approval, but for books. It may not happen right away, but give it time and I bet you'll find that someone does step up and fill that void. Will they be a pay service that indie authors submit their books to for review? Yeah, they probably would. But if they're anything like these couple of pay to review groups I've seen who take the book, and regardless of the fact that they were paid to review it, they give the best and most honest score the book deserves. I forget their name, but there's a couple like that out there.
Heck, I saw one of them one time give a book a one star rating even though he'd paid for their review. So if they'll do that, I know they produce good, honest ratings. So who knows, they may end up being the future gatekeepers you talk about.