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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Isn't there anywhere writers can get people to look at their manuscripts and get suggestions for what is wrong with it? If not there should be. But I don't really see that 98% of all self published books being rubbish is such a bad thing. The remaining 2% will still rise to the top, and if anyone gets any entertainment value out of the rest of them that is a bonus.
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This is a very bad thing. I don't browse Smashwords because honestly most of it is dreck. I do take a peek at books by MR authors if they sound interesting.
This is why I like the Fictionwise multiformat books even if the rest of the site has gone to pot. They are often interesting indie books that can't be gotten elsewhere, but all appear to have had basic editing and proofreading. Nothing kills a good story faster than a ton of typos, silly grammar errors and poor formatting. And having to put up with all that in a bad story is adding insult to injury.
I believe the poor signal-to-noise ratio of self-published books is really detrimental to that 2%. People aren't willing to wade through 98% crap to find the 2% gems.
-Marcy