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Originally Posted by darryl
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I will repeat myself by saying that it is not the definition of sluxh pile where we disagree. It is that you seem to regard the whole of Indie Published books as a giant slush pile waiting to be combed over by "real" publishers for that rare crumb of quality which they can then publish properly.
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If that is what you how I regard indies, then either I'm not doing a good job of explaining myself or you are projecting something that isn't there.
All books start in a giant slush pile. Most people apply certain filters to that slush pile. My primary filter is author. I have a list of authors that I like and I will at least take a look at any book they write. Many authors are on the buy any book they write list, at least until I start running into books that I don't like. At one time I bought every Baen book that came out. I can't think of any other publisher that I can say that about.
My point is that I thought that some people would come out with a curated books list. Apple does that with music and it's works pretty well for me. I said indie simply because I think that Indie authors are more willing to go for such a scheme to get the more widespread publicity, since the curator has to get paid somehow. Advertising isn't going to do it. I suppose that Amazon or some other book store might start having curated lists, much like Apple's music. I think that would be a valuable service.
Way back in the day, there was a best of the month SF newsletter that talked about the best new books that came out that month. I loved that thing and discovered a number of authors that way.