Is there no one who can not be thunderstruck at the continuing stupidity of whatever tax - payer supported group is
publishing this dreck?
There's just such a HUGE percentage of people self publishing who DO fit into that stereotype of
publishing dreck that was rejected because they can't bear to edit or kill one little darling.
Besides, as the reviewing author said, these same wonderful traditional publishers have
published dreck.
They seem to picture readers wandering — confused — through the aisles, flicking through piles and piles of poorly
published dreck.
«I predict that freelance book editors, book cover designers, and book marketers will have banner years, as individual authors turn to self - publishing but seek to separate their books from the typical self -
published dreck.»
Not exact matches
Yes, that's what I'm afraid of — I've found a few good self -
published stories, and an awful lot of
dreck.
Yes, there is a great deal of
dreck in self -
published books, but have you taken a really good look at trad pubbed books lately?
Five - plus years into the self -
publishing boom, many readers express wariness about self -
published books; overlooked gems do have a chance to find an audience in the self - pub realm, but an awful lot of unedited
dreck has poured forth, too.
Yes, there is a lot of
dreck being
published, but it's hardly limited to the Indie market.
As a working author myself, I have limited time available in which to read books for review, and I don't have time to waste picking through the vast piles of unpublishable
dreck in search of the one rare quality self -
published book.
Every time someone
publishes something that is less than the same quality of a traditionally
publishing book, there will be a chorus of nay - sayers lining up to point fingers and declare that all indie
published books are horrible, awful pieces of
dreck.
Fair is fair, she does admit there is some
dreck being
published by traditional publishers but that's okay.
Yes, there's
dreck in traditional
publishing, too, but while our «gatekeepers» may also bar stories and authors that «aren't the right type,» they also keep out the horrendous dispose - in - a-hazardous-waste-dump
dreck.
There will be authors out there, readers,
publishing experts, and booksellers who say that this outpouring of unprofessional
dreck is ruining the industry, which makes me wonder if these same people drive through neighborhoods yelling and screaming at people gardening in their back yards, shouting at them that, «You'll never be a farmer!»
If 90 % (a made up stat) of self -
published e-books are
dreck, there is a huge opportunity for a company to become a filter and point readers to the cream.»