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ProfCrash · 12-18-2011, 10:48 AM

I can say that I do not trust the independent authors. I have not tried a ton but the ones I have, based on peoples recommendations, I have not found to be as enjoyable as the books I buy from the Publishers. It is clear that there is a huge benefit to having an editor and a proof reader. I can see potential in some of the books that I read but they all needed some degree of help.

I am not willing to troll through the thousands of independent authors books to take a guess and hope that the book is good and that it was proof read. I have a feeling that I am not the only one out there. I might be missing out on some gems but the but the recommended ones I read where not what I want to spend my time reading.

To be fair, there are many main stream authors who are large enough names that their editors seem to become afraid of dealing with their works honestly, GRR Martin is one, and so the works grow to become unwieldy and are no where near as good as their original works. Never mind trying to deal with deadlines.

12-18-2011, 10:48 AM	#55
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I can say that I do not trust the independent authors. I have not tried a ton but the ones I have, based on peoples recommendations, I have not found to be as enjoyable as the books I buy from the Publishers. It is clear that there is a huge benefit to having an editor and a proof reader. I can see potential in some of the books that I read but they all needed some degree of help. I am not willing to troll through the thousands of independent authors books to take a guess and hope that the book is good and that it was proof read. I have a feeling that I am not the only one out there. I might be missing out on some gems but the but the recommended ones I read where not what I want to spend my time reading. To be fair, there are many main stream authors who are large enough names that their editors seem to become afraid of dealing with their works honestly, GRR Martin is one, and so the works grow to become unwieldy and are no where near as good as their original works. Never mind trying to deal with deadlines.