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Originally Posted by HarryT
He's biased, plainly, but it's a fair point that traditional publishers do play a valuable role as "gatekeepers", in terms of filtering out the unreadable crap. That's why I personally generally stick with books from publishers - I don't have the time to find the gems that I'm sure do exist in the large garbage pile of indie books.
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I'd go with that argument, if I hadn't seen a ton of "edited" books in the last few years with glaring problems that a good proofread and buddy reading would've caught.
I'd also make a case that the article quoted by the OP was written by someone with a Litfic bias. His whole bit about "improving" stuff is what people would say back when genre fiction wasn't allowed on the bestseller list. If you're writing to change the world, then you're ignoring the First Commandment of Storytelling.