10-07-2011, 04:46 AM
Indeed, I have no great love of the publisher either, but at least that third party acts as a quality filter of sorts (though whoever let The Da Vinci Code slip through the quality net needs a good smacking with something made of cast iron).
I expect I would have no real objection to self publishing if authors would at least work in conjunction with editors to produce something of high quality, text-wise at least. Let's face it, today's publishing market is not kind to poetry -- unless said poet has shagged a footballer, been acquitted of a major crime or been lost on a hiking trip and hacked off a bit of his/her body.
It will still not be something I participate in, but I'd be more willing to support it if people took some real pride in their work as opposed to vanity.
I expect I would have no real objection to self publishing if authors would at least work in conjunction with editors to produce something of high quality, text-wise at least. Let's face it, today's publishing market is not kind to poetry -- unless said poet has shagged a footballer, been acquitted of a major crime or been lost on a hiking trip and hacked off a bit of his/her body.
It will still not be something I participate in, but I'd be more willing to support it if people took some real pride in their work as opposed to vanity.
It could be worse