tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442954516572169257.post374978602163743764..comments2023-10-20T07:11:34.014-07:00Comments on Opalescent Essence: The downside of self-publishing for a readerCarrie Callaghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054716159593704969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442954516572169257.post-26880436019093212212011-04-02T11:30:36.135-07:002011-04-02T11:30:36.135-07:00Carrie, you are so right about self (used to be ca...Carrie, you are so right about self (used to be called "vanity") publishing. But, having just slogged through Jonathan Franzen's latest, Freedom, I am here to assure you that the traditional method won't always protect you against self-indulgent authors who waste your time.Livia Drusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547339766498314860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442954516572169257.post-75452505276846656392011-03-28T05:42:02.706-07:002011-03-28T05:42:02.706-07:00Thanks for posting this, Carrie--I've (somewha...Thanks for posting this, Carrie--I've (somewhat secretly) felt the same way--that it's so hard to tell the good from the bad with self-pubbed (until, of course, you read it). So I admit that I've shied away from self-pubbed and have been annoyed when vendors (like Nook) don't separate out the self-pubbed from the house-pubbed. Not, of course, that everything pubbed by a major house is what I would call "good" but there is at least a measure of quality control.Rowennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757364614589686606noreply@blogger.com