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badgerboy · 03-12-2014, 10:52 AM

I think the "badly built" house anology is better phrased as "badly designed but still up to code." The house can be awful to live in and still meet all the relevant requirements.
The book can be awful to read, but as long as the pages stay in the book for a sensible length of time or the book is capable of being opened correctly in your ereader, then who is to say what is badly written?
I've tried to read 'classic' novels and have either just been left cold or not even been able to finish them, and I've read 'pulp' that has inspired me and left me wanting to read more.
Someone who writes an article, a poem, a tweet, a book (even if never published) is an author.
It's up to you as a buyer to sieve out the wheat from the chaff.

03-12-2014, 10:52 AM	#262
badgerboy Wannabe Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: East Yorkshire, UK Device: Nook HD+, Galaxy S3, PC	I think the "badly built" house anology is better phrased as "badly designed but still up to code." The house can be awful to live in and still meet all the relevant requirements. The book can be awful to read, but as long as the pages stay in the book for a sensible length of time or the book is capable of being opened correctly in your ereader, then who is to say what is badly written? I've tried to read 'classic' novels and have either just been left cold or not even been able to finish them, and I've read 'pulp' that has inspired me and left me wanting to read more. Someone who writes an article, a poem, a tweet, a book (even if never published) is an author. It's up to you as a buyer to sieve out the wheat from the chaff.