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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
No. The quality comes about because some authors are more talented than others.
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Not to be a pedant, but editors can and do help raise the quality of a book/story in many cases. This is true whether we are indie or trad. Sometimes these editors are called beta readers, sometimes they are trained editors, sometimes they are just astute readers with talent for a good story. None of us learn in a vacuum. That is not to say that every trad book even HAS an editor--many of them do not, only getting copyediting at best. And I actually know one writer who had to hire an outside copyeditor for her trad book. I know two others who SHOULD have hired an outside copyeditor.
I hope what you really mean is that the the traditional method of publishing is not the only way to achieve quality. Some authors really do have the talent to go it completely alone, but that is rare. Some of us have to take a tiny glimmer of talent, add a thousand percent hard work, mix well, involve editors, beta readers, work some more and then age for varying amounts of time...