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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
If a book doesn't get great mainstream reviews, I'm not going to read it. Since the New York Times, Atlantic, etc., don't often review self-published books, I'm likely to miss out on them. Unfair? I suppose, but there are so many books with rave mainstream reviews I've yet to read.
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I think that's
perfectly fair, actually. You're not making any blanket statements about quality, skill or work ethic. You've merely described a general personal requirement you have for books to find their way onto your (potential) TBR list: great mainstream reviews.
I only take issue with the "self-published automatically equals trash" and "traditionally published always equals better" mentality.