Perhaps customer ratings + reviews mitigate the rise of awful titles dominating the space. Having said that, sometimes publishers miss golden opportunities (e.g

Perhaps customer ratings + reviews mitigate the rise of awful titles dominating the space. Having said that, sometimes publishers miss golden opportunities (e.g. Rowling). On the flip side, there is also junk being published by the big publishing houses. I don't have experience with Amazon's self-publishing system, but I can tell you about how one recent author published on Fifobooks (my startup) even though his book is also available on the Kindle store. The book, Crude Behavior, is a political satire in comic form. Because it is in full color, the author and illustrator wanted to make it available on as many devices as possible, especially ones that support color. His book, when viewed on a color device (iPad, android, laptop, etc.) comes alive compared to how it looks on a b+w Kindle. You can see some screenshots here: http://joubert.posterous.com/crude-behavior-a-political-satire-in-full-col http://joubert.posterous.com/crude-behavior-a-political-sati...