Well, you guys have more faith in current publishers than I do. The pointer to Baen is a good one. Despite being a favorite publisher of mine, just because they promote it doesn't mean it'll be worth reading (to me). Publishers have a built-in bias, They want to promote what they sell.
I don't know why you downplay the value of public focus or fan groups. I get more great reading recommendations from users here at Mobile Read than from any publisher. The spam-bots haven't made it into our reading threads... yet.
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