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mainer

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13. What makes you think housewives have bad taste?

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:12 PM

Feb 2013

It truly WAS terrible writing. It's popular among those who just don't read books, and those for whom any book read is an achievement. Or it's read by those who want to see what the fuss is about -- only to discover they've been conned into reading the unreadable.

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Self publishing, by the numbers. [View all] joshcryer Feb 2013 OP

It has been my experience that SheilaT Feb 2013 #1

Rarely have I found a self-published book worth reading mainer Feb 2013 #2

Yep. I also think the push about self-publishing SheilaT Feb 2013 #3

Do you think that publishers are in it out of "simple human kindness"? joshcryer Feb 2013 #4

No. Regular publishing is business. Anyone who doesn't get that isn't paying SheilaT Feb 2013 #5

If the preview isn't good, then don't buy it. joshcryer Feb 2013 #6

It's been probably a good twenty years since I've bought a self-published book, SheilaT Feb 2013 #7

That's not very fair then. joshcryer Feb 2013 #8

I'm basing my criticism on the fact that the self-published books I've read haven't been very good. SheilaT Feb 2013 #9

That was just an example. A better one would be Wool. joshcryer Feb 2013 #10

You've hit on something very important. SheilaT Feb 2013 #11

What makes you think housewives have bad taste? mainer Feb 2013 #13

I didn't say they had bad taste. joshcryer Feb 2013 #14

Actually, my experience has been... Chan790 Mar 2013 #21

50 Shades? Yes it was awful. mainer Feb 2013 #12

Message auto-removed lilia moon Mar 2013 #20

Publish America Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #17

What this leaves out Brainstormy Mar 2013 #15

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I get a lot of free galleys mainer Mar 2013 #16

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