In reality, self - publishing offers anyone with a manuscript and a credit card the opportunity to publish, and the success rate is less than one percent... Self - published books have yet to offer the quality and originality sometimes lacking in books
produced by mainstream publishers.
As the Big 6
publishers — now down to 5 — spend more money on one - offs
by Snooki than on cultivating mid-list authors such as Mr. Sepinwall, the onus is on self - pubbed authors to
produce interesting, thought - provoking, quality books — of which we're hoping The New York Times and other
mainstream publications will continue to take note.