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Originally Posted by Catlady
The "independent artists" are exactly the ones who should be most upset about John Locke, for making them all look bad, and instead we are getting "who cares?" Additionally, every sale he made might have taken a sale away from you or another independent author. And that's OK?
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I can't decide if I'm more upset as an author or a reader. I don't like it from either front. I do believe that shenanigans like this and authors trading for reviews when they don't actually like or read the book has hurt indie authors. I *know* the pressure is there to endorse books. I've been asked to review books that I cannot endorse/review positively and I don't do it. It puts me in a bad position, which is why I almost never accept review copies from authors I know. I've had to *not* review books because the authors are known as ones who will get their sock puppets to go throw up 18 1 star reviews onto any author who dares speak against them. And at least ONE of these "1 star trolls" is a trad author.
I'm not sure that a sale is taken away from me when a person buys a different book, but I do know that lack of quality in books (Whether trad or indie) causes people to go do other things rather than read. A string of mediocre books makes people switch up to some other entertainment.
It makes ME walk away from books for a while.
And mis-marketing books (like the books I'm currently reading was marketed and says right on it urban fantasy--it's not--it's romantic suspense.) annoys me too. And trad publishers catch me in that web all the blipping time. Hmph.