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Originally Posted by ekbell
There are some niche publishers that I have found to be a great aid in selecting books, (such as Bethlehem Books when buying children's historical fiction for the daughter who devours such books) although I have never confined myself to such publishers (I've bought historical fiction for my daughter from other publishers)
On a more general note while I have little idea who published most of the books I own I can't say that publishers have no effect on which books I choose. Most of my discovery is through mailing lists, a couple of PD sites, and this forum which does reduce the chance of finding new independents (unless highly favored by a forum member) and means that I am in effect if not by desire selecting for certain publishers (since a fair number of the mailing lists are from publishers).
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I suspect that most people have some sort of filtering mechanism in place, even if they don't really think of it that way.
I don't have a favored publisher at the moment and Tor is the only SF publisher news letter that I get. That means that the new authors that I get are a combination of recommendations here, and the occasional recommendation that pops up on Amazon and catches my eye. Cover art is very important from that stand point if an author wants to catch my eye. Before they got cut off by Amazon, I used authoralert to let me know when a favored author had a new book coming out. Since then, it's likely that I've missed a few books since it's purely me remembering to search for an author on Amazon.