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Originally Posted by eschwartz
That would require HarryT to acknowledge the difference between "Baen the trusted entity with similar tastes" and "Baen the publisher".
Now, I have no problem with him saying he trusts Baen and is happy to stick with their recommendations (what they feel is worth publishing).
But I think it is a little disingenuous to compare that to not-buying-indie-because-there's-no-guarantee-of-any-quality-whatsoever.
Because by the same measure, I assume he doesn't Just Buy books published by PRH, S&S, HC, Hachette, or Macmillan.
As I understand HarryT's position, it has nothing to do with whether a book is indie or not, and everything to do with whether it is Baen or not.
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You're partially correct.
Baen is the only publisher from whom I buy books "sight unseen", knowing nothing about them. I buy every one of their "monthly bundles" not knowing what's in it. Ie I trust Baen to deliver me a good package of four new books every month, which may be authors I'm familiar with, or they may be authors entirely new to me. I know that other people do the same with specialist imprints like Harlequin.
Other traditional publishers I buy from because I'm familiar with the author, or the book, or because it's been recommended to me. However, with a traditional publisher I can be confident that the book will be reasonably well-edited, and free from egregious errors of spelling and/or grammar. I don't have that same confidence with self-published books.