[nerdybook]

slash?

well, congrats to Guy!

[LockHood]

Nope . There are more clear boundaries between good writing and bad writing , while in music people can say It's art , different ppl have different tastes etc . While in books inconsistent characters , spelling , grammatical errors , poor or no character development are all just plain bad .

[nerdybook]

nerdy wins

[LockHood]

LockHood .

[mobilitic]

yeah, but in the past companies censored what got in the market and they censored really good authors. there are a lot of bad books and bad authors published through publishing companies, but is not that visible as in the music industry, 'cause for the music there are radios, tv channels and the like so you can hear it and see it 24/7 for the writing industry you have the one on one interaction between the buyer and the one book/author, much less visible that there is a lot of junk published through the industry than for music.

[iamnicki]

[LockHood]

There were bad books published before the indie author trennd ?

[mobilitic]

absolutely. maybe not that bad in the grammar department, but storywise a lot.

the fact is that before the internet and the indies the publishing companies got the monopoly and too much power, if they didn't get the terms they wanted from the author they wouldn't publish him/her. and yes theoretically it made no sense not publishing a good book/author 'cause they lost money, but on the long run they forced a lot of authors in bad contracts, 'cause if you wanted to be published in the end you had to accept their therms, and there were enough good authors to go by so if they lost some, no big deal for the company, but a big deal for the reader. and also they published a lot of bad authors, but knew how to use the pr and the editing to make them palatable and make money from that quarter too.

[iamnicki]

Of course

[LockHood]

Site an example then .

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[iamnicki]

Books are like art, they are subjective. So what may appeal to one may not appeal to others.

[LockHood]

We aren't talking about writing styles or genres .

While in books inconsistent characters , spelling , grammatical errors , poor or no character development are all just plain bad .

So site an example of a bad book before the indie author trend

[iamnicki]

That is just one definition of a "bad" book. It is highly objective. To me it is more than just grammar and spelling. There have been plenty of books that I have read that just suck.

[LockHood]

spelling , grammar and problems with characters . What else falls into your definition of a bad book ? You can't say it's because you didn't like the story . Different people have different likes .

So site an example of a bad book before the indie author trend