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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Depends. I read self-published books pretty often and have found many enjoyable and reasonably well-edited works. OTOH, I have been bored to tears with quite a lot of books from the mainstream publishers. So I'm grateful self-publishing exists. Of course there are heaps of dreck, but I am content to do my own gatekeeping. Self-published books are generally cheaper too. I'm pretty grumpy when I'm forced to abandon a boring traditionally published book with the price tag of 10-15$. And it has happened a lot.
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Exactly. Let the readers choose. The only person I want or need as gatekeeper is me. If you don't want to be your own gatekeeper, then do as Harry does, and only read books from traditional publishers.
Shari