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> Otherwise they could just go through a publishing house. You say that like most people who self-publish could get their work past a publisher's slush pile.
by derefr 5y ago
> Otherwise they could just go through a publishing house.
You say that like most people who self-publish could get their work past a publisher's slush pile.
- eslaught 5y agoNot that it contradicts your point, but publishers don't have slush piles anymore. Agents have slush piles, and if you somehow get through that to be represented by an agent, then you go through the submission process at publishing houses. As someone who's in the middle of it right now, I keep being surprised by how much more work there is to do, even on a "polished" manuscript. It's a long process and I'm not surprised most people don't have the stamina to get through it.
- LegitShady 5y agoMany people could, if the publisher had any interest in their genre, or it was fashionable, or it was about the right genre story, or whatever. But publishers have limited time to shepherd a book through the publishing process so choose their horses. Personally I think the democratization of publishing away from formal publishers is one the best things to happen to publishers. The gatekeepers kind of suck.