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Old 08-14-2012, 07:27 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
Not true at all. Some of the best authors I have read have self published. I doubt they would ever have been traditionally published by the BPH's, who pick and chose those authors they expect to get massive returns from.
Well, no. They choose author that can write and can become better and can be developed into an author that sell books they make a profit on.

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These days being spoiled for choice for good reads is a great place to be, rather than struggling through reams of BPH published works sold for exorbitant prices.
I really do not see that decreasing the signal to noise ration is a good thing even if in absolute terms the number of good books increases.
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