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Originally Posted by fjtorres
...and is a sample of one amateur is enough to slander hundreds/thousands of established pros?
In the SF field, nobody is going to claim Leo Frankowski, Lois Bujold, Kate Wilhem, or Eric Flint are slush pile just because they self-publish.
Bujold and Flint in particular are reportedly happy at BAEN but BAEN is small and they can't publish everything their authors can conceive so they self-pub material that isn't a great fit at BAEN. Wilhem wasn't happy at the new contract terms they tried to foist on her after decades in the business so she just pulled everything she could and went Indie.
Jerry Pournelle encouraged his daughter to self-publish her authorized sequel to THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE. Saw no reason to even submit.
No lazy amateurs in that bunch, just experienced authors aware that today's tradpub isn't the tradpub they developed under.
Dozens of similar tales all over for those willing to look.
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One actually example certainly is better that some blanket slander of authors who use main line publishers and a breezy assurance that indies and Amazon are perfect. Of course, if you stop and think rather than engage in reflexive BPH bashing, then it makes sense given that indies are having to pay editors and artists out of pocket and most don't that the resources to pay a lot of money for these type services.
Oh, btw, someone else will need to comment to this, so fjtorres can continue his petty little game of not engaging with me directly.