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Originally Posted by GeoffR
That is fairly close. Another way to put it is that I want to consider books by authors who have proven they are at least able to meet the minumum standards set by publishers.
I accept that some authors are capable of meeting those standatds but choose not to submit their work to a publisher, but I am happy to miss out on reading those authors if it means I can exclude the large numers of self-published authors that are not capablble of meeting even such minimal standards.
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This is of course your prerogative. Personally I regard whether something has been traditionally published as a very poor criterion. Big Publishing's track record as curator or gatekeeper is IMHO woeful. So much absolute garbage has been published by them and so much worthwhile excluded. I wouldn't trust them to shop for my avocados!