Our unnamed traditional author has a point: there is a lot of dreck in Indies because the only gatekeeper is the customer. (madgeniusclub.com)
It does, unfortunately, mean there's a higher percentage of dreck in indie because the manuscripts haven't had to survive a dip in a slush pile before making it into print. (madgeniusclub.com)
Yes, there is a lot of dreck out there but, if you look at it with a cold eye, there is as much (if not more) on a percentage basis coming out of traditional publishing as there is from indie publishing. (nocturnal-lives.com)