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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
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.
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I think the most likely system to be used would be something like Amazon's (and other online retailers) where the customers review the books. The problem with that system is that, as we've discussed in another thread, "popular" doesn't always equate to "good". But on the positive side, with that system you get a review to go along with the rating that might tell you if the reader knows what he/she is talking about.