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Originally Posted by gmw
What you need to understand is that when you join "the world of self-publishing" you have taken on a second job, you are now a writer and a publisher. Writers write. Publishers publish. You are ignoring your second job.
There is nothing stopping you from writing what you want and and uploading it. Lots of people do that. It's much easier, and much less work. But this is how self-published books have gained a reputation for being of a lesser quality than traditionally published books, a reputation that those of us who want to be taken seriously have been trying to turn around. ... You win some, you lose some.  |
I find this really disrespectful. Like, really disrespectful. Just because a novella is a little bit rebellious and not the cookie-cutter ebooks that you seem to admire, doesn't mean it is "of a lesser quality" than the more conventional ebooks out there today. I've admitted I think the typos are unacceptable and have changed them, but I also said that I
purposely ignored some grammar rules in order to help mold the story that I wanted it to be. I personally think that the book would be of a lesser quality if I followed every grammar rule, but maybe that's just me. You wouldn't know because you have been telling me all about my novella without even reading the full text yourself. You just read a little and started complaining without even taking a step back and at least trying to understand what I was hoping to accomplish in writing the novella in the way I did.
I have no problem with constructive criticism, but you definitely crossed the line with your latest post. To accuse me of lowering the quality of ebooks without even reading what you're talking about is just wrong.