Comments on: Thoughts on Self Publishing… http://www.bencooper-sf.com/archives/113 Writer Fri, 14 May 2010 15:32:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: bencooper http://www.bencooper-sf.com/archives/113/comment-page-1#comment-27 bencooper Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:57:01 +0000 http://www.bencooper-sf.com/?p=113#comment-27 Hi Gareth, I absolutely agree. I'm not justifying self publishing and wouldn't want to. As you say the quality control aspect is what makes it so valuable and important...although a lot of "classics" get rejected many times, with quite violent comments. I think I was just wondering out loud why in other areas self selling your work isn't as sneered at as in writing. Thanks for the comment, as always your thoughts are appreciated. :) Hi Gareth,

I absolutely agree. I’m not justifying self publishing and wouldn’t want to. As you say the quality control aspect is what makes it so valuable and important…although a lot of “classics” get rejected many times, with quite violent comments.

I think I was just wondering out loud why in other areas self selling your work isn’t as sneered at as in writing.
Thanks for the comment, as always your thoughts are appreciated. :)

]]> By: Gareth L Powell http://www.bencooper-sf.com/archives/113/comment-page-1#comment-26 Gareth L Powell Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.bencooper-sf.com/?p=113#comment-26 When you are published by a traditional publisher, the reader knows that several people - editors, agents, etc - have read and quality-checked the work, and approved it as good enough to make the grade. With self-publishing, there is no such guarantee. Most authors (myself included) need the objective eye of an experienced editor in order to weed out the cliches, mistakes and plot inconsistencies that may have crept into their work. See the latest issue of Vector for a scathing review on a particularly awful self-published book. When you are published by a traditional publisher, the reader knows that several people – editors, agents, etc – have read and quality-checked the work, and approved it as good enough to make the grade. With self-publishing, there is no such guarantee. Most authors (myself included) need the objective eye of an experienced editor in order to weed out the cliches, mistakes and plot inconsistencies that may have crept into their work.

See the latest issue of Vector for a scathing review on a particularly awful self-published book.

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