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Originally Posted by carld
And I wonder what we've lost because of the gatekeepers. How many stories have we heard about great books being rejected by the 30th or 40th publisher? How many authors have we lost because they didn't submit to that 41st publisher? I contend that it's entirely possible that the greatest novel ever written has not been published and never will be because the author gave up in frustration.
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I agree that we've probably lost a lot of good books due to publishers, so I'm pretty happy about the way self-publishing in the electronic world allows all writers to put a book on the e-retail shelf. I think that what we need to polish up are reader-vetted ways of getting to the good stuff. It can only get better from here, really.