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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Another thing to keep in mind that before ebooks and self publishing, a lot of drek got filtered out by editors, now it shows up in fanfic sites and on Amazon.
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Not as many as they should have.
As you pointed out, a lot of "drek" gets shoveled out in the trendy subgenres. But there is also the ever-present three-chapter wonders and outright editorial misfires. Tradpub editors ship out what they think will appeal to readers but few publishers are anywhere near 100% (or even 25%) successful. (Sturgeon's Law)