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Originally Posted by stonetools
What the public wants is the professionally curated and produced stuff, written by writers that they are familiar with through exposure in bookstores , traditional marketing, libraries or recommendations by intimates.
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I'd disagree: What the public wants are
good books, and it doesn't really care where they're from. The major publishers try to convince the public that they are the only source of "good books," but the public only has to look at the latest book by some reality show wipeout to know that isn't so. Talent isn't exclusive to major publishers, and it's possible to produce a good book without their help.
The "era of abundance" may not have dawned for the public yet, but that's because the ebook industry hasn't provided them with decent searching tools, and the public has yet to learn to use what's out there (beyond going to Amazon, et al, and seeing what they push at the entry page).