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Originally Posted by fjtorres
#14 Paid Rank in the Kindle store at $3.99.
4.4 stars out of 5 with 436 reviews, 318 flat-out 5 star reviews.
I'd say she was "probably" flat-out right to bet on herself.
But that's just me.
(I don't earn a living through traditional publishers.) 
Top-most review at Amazon:
Sometimes, authors have to bet on their own vision, regardless of what others say.
Even if they name isn't James Joyce.  |
It's great that she bet on herself, and I wish her all the best but then you don't hear from the 9 other writers who also bet on themselves and wrote the same kind of book and did all the self-pub yada yada -and flopped badly and went into debt over it.
You also don't hear from the ones who kept ongoing and had the 15th publisher bet on them. Then you get the acknowledgement thanking Random House or IPG for "saving their life".
The good thing is that there are more options now but its still going to require persistenceand talent. A bad thing-even those without talent can now get published and obscure the truly talented.