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Originally Posted by HarryT
There is an important differentiating factor, to my mind:
When someone recommends a traditionally-published book to me, I can be assured that (unless it's a bad OCR scan) it will be free from errors of spelling and grammar, and is likely to have been reasonably well edited.
When someone recommends a self-published book to me, I always approach it with trepidation, knowing that in all likelihood, none of the above will be true, and that there are many people who don't care about such things.
Therein lies the difference. To many people it may not matter. To me, it does.
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Why would you accept the recommendation of books blindly from someone whose tastes/preferences are unknown to you? I know from WHO recommended a book to me if I have to worry about basic grammar, spelling or proofing.
And again ... I would be just as disappointed in the recommendation of a flawlessly proofed book I hated, as I would be in a shoddily written, unproofed book I couldn't read. There is no consolation prize in "couldn't stand it." shrug*