tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post7646677119681669455..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Booming …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-63966868582578132072012-10-31T22:20:25.504-04:002012-10-31T22:20:25.504-04:00As one commenter on the article notes, there are a...As one commenter on the article notes, there are a lot of idosyncracies in the mainstream publishing biz that decide who gets published the old-fashioned way and who does it on their own. It has always been assumed that mainstream publishing represents a filter for quality. Most book review sites with any readership use the mainstream publishing process as one of their filters - hard to blame them, when the alternative is trying to sort through a huge mass of additional material.<br /><br />Quality is clearly sometimes a factor in publishing - on average I'd bet mainstream books are "better" than self-published. But I'd also guess there are some works of value out there that got ignored for some other idosyncratic reason. If someone is delving deep into a subject and is partial to books, sticking with the mainstream means putting your faith in a relatively small group of people to decide what is worthy of your attention. James Aachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762006792617588325noreply@blogger.com