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frankelr · 01-14-2012, 05:26 PM

"Traditional publishers who provide quality e-books will continue to be successful under the traditional model. While some indy authors (especially those previously published) will be successful at self publishing (and a handful will become very successful), consumers will continue to pay $10+ for books from publishers because trying to find the handful of good books from the giant internet slush pile is to tedious for most readers...and is likely to become even more so in the future."

Lots of good arguments in this thread. But I take exception to the above.

The place of the screening editor can be replaced and bettered by consumer ratings.

Recent web actions by web sellers, to display consumer reviews, is my proof.

01-14-2012, 05:26 PM	#19
frankelr Member Posts: 16 Karma: 168 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: k3kb, KTso, Nook ST	A response to Andrew H: Five Stars is not "slush" "Traditional publishers who provide quality e-books will continue to be successful under the traditional model. While some indy authors (especially those previously published) will be successful at self publishing (and a handful will become very successful), consumers will continue to pay $10+ for books from publishers because trying to find the handful of good books from the giant internet slush pile is to tedious for most readers...and is likely to become even more so in the future." Lots of good arguments in this thread. But I take exception to the above. The place of the screening editor can be replaced and bettered by consumer ratings. Recent web actions by web sellers, to display consumer reviews, is my proof.