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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
The traditional publishing business has become too insular and exclusive to those who are already on the inside to even allow those on the outside a chance to get in. It's a "castle" mentality: Those on the inside consider themselves the elite, those on the outside are considered to be peons, and the longer the elite stay inside and keep the peons outside, the better off they'll be.
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Well, I think that's taking it a little far. IMHO, there is crap and there are good books. I have tried "non-traditional" books, those on ebook sites that were not published by a traditional publisher, and was very disappointed in each case.
It is hard enough to find good books published by traditional publishers; if I wanted to sift through poorly written works in hopes of finding something tolerable, I would be an editor tasked with reading th slush pile submissions.