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Originally Posted by tompe
I would like this also.
Also, I am not looking for books that are just OK. I am trying to discover new authors that are really good. And the probability to make such a discovery is greater if I look at books that have been filtered and hopefully actively worked on by a professional editor.
Fixing typos and grammar is just the first step. What you also need to get right is the structure and the voice or voices in the book and so on.
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Professional editors are not the sole province of traditional publishing, and are becoming less and less so. Many Indies now contract for editing and other services. And you will not find really good books if they have been "filtered" out altogether, as many of them have been under traditional publishing.
Also, what is "really good" is highly subjective, and it is highly unlikely that what you regard as "really good" is the same as what those doing the filtering regard as really good.
It is your prerogative to choose to limit yourself to traditonally published books, or to books selected for you by any other person or group you may choose. Personally I think the BPH were terrible curators/gatekeepers, and even the wild west type situation prevailing now in what is clearly a period of transition is infinitely preferable to their lamentable stewardship.
Fortunately, we are all getting what we want at the moment. You are free to stick to traditional publishing, I am free to take advantage of my new found freedom from them. You believe your way is better, I believe my way is.