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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I don't need someone to cut up my dinner for me, and I don't need a publisher to be a gatekeeper for me. It's not really all that difficult to filter out the crap for yourself. Most of the real crap fades away as soon as it is written. I can let other people be the guinea pigs, if others read it and enjoy it, it may be worth my time to take a look at it. I value word of mouth more highly than what critics say. If I feel I've been given sufficient reason to take a look, I'll look at the cover and blurb. If I'm still interested, I'll look at the sample. Self-publishing is here to stay.
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The problem with self-publishing is weeding out the crap from the so-so the good from the very good stuff (and all in-between). How do we do it? Other then waiting for someone (to whom we respect his/her opinion) to come along to recommend something, it's a crap shoot and most of the time, we lose.
I don't care that I'm only paying maybe 99 cents for someone's eBook. If I find it to be rubbish, that's 99 cents wasted that could have been saved to go alond with other 99 cents to eventually allow me to buy a book I will like.