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Originally Posted by caleb72
Absolutely. And I don't think you have to know anything at all about the publishing industry to take a stab at that being the case because it's evident in many industries. A publisher is not a cultural guardian or a patron of the arts, it's a business.
Now my complaint about the self-publishing industry isn't so much about poorly edited works as in most cases, that's relatively easy to avoid although I do appreciate the frustration having been stung before. My problem is that in some ways, it's too much like the business it attempts to replace.
I'm having to face the evidence that when given complete freedom of expression and having removed the restrictions of McDonalds publishers, that indie authors have tended to adopt a "follower" model rather than a "leader" model. It's probably unfair of me to think that the reverse was going to be universally true given the individual time and money investment to only maybe get a return, but I had naively hoped.
The gems are there - just have to dig a bit.
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AHA! This is interesting. By following do you mean the same old story, same type of stories?
Or something else?