I'm now firmly convinced that Michael Kozlowski and moonshot are one and the same person. Michael's post (inside jftorres' first link) surprisingly echoes much of what our own moonshot advocates.
Oh, and that Kozlowski post is arrogance piled on top of arrogance.
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If bookstores do not segregate self-published writers their entire ecosystems will be ruined. There will be so many titles listed on their bookstores that you will not be able to casually browse your favorite genre, hoping to find a good read. Take Smashwords for example, what normal human being browses that bookstore to buy and read books? It is a cesspool of poorly edited, poorly written and has no quality or control. These same books are being distributed to every major bookstore, basically creating huge problems. Right now, check out the Amazon bookstore in the Romance section. Even on page 1 is nothing but self-published books, with terrible cover art. These titles need to be culled, ASAP.
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My intention is to change the industry. I mean, you have to admit every year more indie books are published and submitted. This trend will not change, and likely will just keep increasing every year. Every year we encounter new issues, erotica in kids bookstores, POD spam books, robot submitted books, something needs to be done.
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