|
I have posted this before and been yelled at for it but what the hey...
There are too many books being published for me, and I assume others, to sift through and find the gems. The BPH produce some real crap but it is easier to find the good stuff. For one, I can count on the work being proofread and edited. It might not be well done all the time but I know some attempt has been made. I cannot say that about independent authors. I have tried downloading samples and have been disappointed by the vast majority.
I would love to read gret works by Indies but I don't know how to find them easily. It would be nice if there was some way of sifting through the Indies to find the good stuff but so far that has not been developed. Until that happens or the word gets out to hire proofreaders and editors so that the vast majority of the books are in good shape when published it is going to be hard for folks to take Indies seriously.
Which is a shame because I know there are some good ones out there. But if it is easy to find so much crap in the few selective books the BPH publish you can only imagine what the perception, rightly or wrongly, is for authors who have not been picked up by the BPH.
Ready for the flame throwers.
|