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Originally Posted by tompe
The filter is also a feedback mechanism to the author and I do not see how customer reviews could do that.
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Authors will need to get closer to their readers. Cases in point: John Scalzi, Scott Siegler. Both have web sites, blogs and accept feedback from their readers.
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Originally Posted by tompe
Why do you think publishers have a poor record? I think you are totally wrong and that they have a good record. A couple of exceptions is not proof of a poor record.
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The fact that all the "best sellers" that I have seen have been awful books.
The fact that they miss authors like Scott Siegler, who got his book in the top 10 lists of Amazon before the big publishers took him seriously.