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Originally Posted by HarryT
BPH's still have, to my mind, a useful role as "gatekeepers" in filtering out the worst of the crap. I know, for example, that if I buy a book from Baen (a specialist SF/Fantasy publisher) that it's going to be decently edited and that I'm very likely to enjoy it. The reason I don't buy much SF/Fantasy from independent authors is that the overwhelming majority of it is unedited garbage that no BPH would pick up in a million years. There are exceptions, but I don't have time to find the rare gem amongst the flood of rubbish - I prefer to let publishers do it for me. Perhaps that will change over time as more good-quality books are produced by independent authors; I very much hope that is the case.
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Well that's all well and good Harry, but the point of this whole thread is that this woman decided to be her own boss rather than be at the mercy of publishers. Why is she being denigrated for this?
Why do these threads always devolve into oh she is self published therefore it must be garbage. If we were discussing any other profession you all would be praising her for her entrepreneurship.
Just because something is already established doesn't mean that it is the best thing since sliced bread. There will always be room for improvement.
But I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face or put someone down just because they decide they want to try something different. This woman has done nothing wrong. Nor am I giong to stand in the way of progress.
This is precisely what publishers have been doing since ebooks hit the scene.