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Originally Posted by murraypaul
I think I have no less chance of doing so this way that by randomly buying $2.99 novels. I don't think the higher price in any way guarantees higher quality.
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I think that is the statement of the problem in a nutshell: the higher price doesn't guarantee higher quality -- it doesn't even guarantee that the book was professionally edited and proofread.
In the not-so-long-ago-days of publishing, buying a book published by a traditional publisher did guarantee that the book was professionally edited and proofread. Today, it is still usually true but not always, especially as the accountants have come to dominate the megacorporations.
But one need go no further afield than to read writer comments here on MR to discover how few indie authors are willing to or capable of spend the money for professional editing and proofreading. Many don't even believe it is necessary. A frequent comment is that the writer is capable of doing it him-/herself, or the writer's wife can do it after working all day at the dry cleaners, or the neighbor can do while killing time waiting for an automobile buyer to come to the shop.