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Originally Posted by bhartman36
I think the question that has to be asked is, how will the volume be handled? I read the NY Times Book Review, but that obviously represents only a small fraction of the books out there. I don't think having even several dozen reviewers that you look to will be enough to tell you if a particular book is any good. The book might be great, but it might just have never gotten on any particular reviewer's radar
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True. I guess what I'm looking at is that somewhere at some point something will happen that will create a whole new gatekeeper that will make the lower quality indie and self published books easier to spot than they are now. Then again, that may turn out to be something that the reader will be responsible for. IE, if the book you're checking out hasn't at least been reviewed by a reputable source, then nobody will touch it. Of course, that again assumes that most readers would take the time to actually research a book before reading it too, which is unlikely. I'm not saying they'd be lazy. I'm simply saying that most won't do it.