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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I think we should stop at, "There certainly are good self-published books out there." The "crap" followup is hardly relevant. Especially since I would quantify the vast majority of ALL books (regardless of how they were published) as being crap. Crap; meaning books I'd choose to have tender pieces of my anatomy removed rather than have to read them. 
As I've mentioned before: in my eyes, being competently proofed, edited, and lovingly vetted does not automatically move a book off of the crap pile (I'm looking at you, Snookie). The volume of crap is only relevant if one is in the habit of choosing books _entirely_ at random (or sees validity in comparing "worsts"). |
We have discussed this previously, and I'm afraid we must still agree to differ about it. I regard the publisher's role as a "gatekeeper" as important; I know, for example, that I can buy anything that Baen publish and it's at least 90% likely that I'll enjoy it. That's important to me; others have their own way of finding decent books and it it works for them, that's great.