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Originally Posted by HarryT
Of course you can be disappointed by a flawlessly-produced book; all I'm saying is that there's an extra "layer" of "reasons to be disappointed" in a self-published book which is absent from a traditionally-published one.
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I know what you're saying. It just doesn't make sense to me. Didn't like is didn't like. There's no comfort to be taken in the sheen of a book I didn't like. And the quickest glance at a sample can usually eliminate complete incompetence on the part of the author for me.
I trust the recommendations of people whose recommendations I trust. Any other recommendations get vetted in ways that don't really take publishing methods into account. I run no additional risk that I didn't already run by not excluding the recommendations of others based on publishing method. The worst that can happen is I won't like it/finish it--same as it ever was.