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Originally Posted by ahi
The fact that you and however many other random people are not able to recognize the myriad tell-tale signs of a self-published or author-mill published book, does not mean that it isn't objectively trivial to do so.
The fact that there are bad books published by reputable publishers does not mean that indie books are just as good.
The fact that some books published by large publishers receive careless treatment does not mean that a publisher does not add value the majority of the time.
The fact that many publishers are morally bankrupt does not mean that the literary world would thrive without any publishers.
You can disagree... but chances are overwhelming that your view is rooted in ignorance of a field that is considerably more complex (and deals with a variety of professions that are themselves more complex) than you even realize.
Please forgive the tone... but it is tiring to continue to face the steady stream of nonsense masquerading as sage, if sardonic, observation.
- Ahi |
Actually, I was referring to the proof reading.
I can tell when a word is missing, or when a paragraph is printed again out of sequence several pages after it appears normally.
Those things seem to happen a lot these days. As much as we complain about them in electronic formats, it isn't a problem only found there.
My memory may be phoggy, but I don't recall this as being so common in past decades.