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Originally Posted by latepaul
But one of the main reasons I changed my mind over this is that while I do think publishers act as a gatekeeper in quality to some extent, they are not a route to discovery per se. I've never picked up a book because of the publisher.
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Whereas I've done (and still do) precisely that. I buy every monthly ebook bundle that Baen release (and have done so since 1999) and have discovered some wonderful authors (eg Elizabeth Moon and Lois McMaster Bujold) whom I may not have otherwise come across. I've learnt over the years that, with a very few exceptions, whatever Baen publish I'm probably going to enjoy, so for me that particular publisher has been very much a route to discovering new authors.