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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
On the contrary, there's nothing else that it relevant. Yes, you won't die from eating a meal that you don't like. That's the point. The consequence of reading an indie book is no different than that of listening to an indie band.
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You continue to ignore my objection to the original analogy of the restaurant. Any restaurant is subject to health department regulations as a condition of operation--there are agencies to ensure that minimum standards must be met or the place can't sell food. There is no similar body to ensure that a self-published work has to meet any standards--e.g., that it must be marginally grammatical, that most of the words must be spelled correctly, that the majority of the sentences must make sense. I
do have those expectations, however, when I purchase a traditionally published work, whether I like the specific book or not.
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Words have meaning. Self-publishing is not vanity publishing. Just because you want to take a shot at self-publishers doesn't mean that it is vanity publishing.
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Of course it is.