>>Hostile responses to the ides of self-publishing, especially when the idea that self-publishing is bad is hammered into the heads of aspiring writers, doesn't surprise me in the least. <<
Whenever people are invited to take potshots at a designated target -- "Only bad writers self-publish, so it's okay to condemn them all" -- many people will take that invitation and run with it.
This is very different from pointing out flaws with a situation and discussing (or attempting to discuss) why it is that way and what might be done about it.
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Date: 2010-02-21 05:20 pm (UTC)Whenever people are invited to take potshots at a designated target -- "Only bad writers self-publish, so it's okay to condemn them all" -- many people will take that invitation and run with it.
This is very different from pointing out flaws with a situation and discussing (or attempting to discuss) why it is that way and what might be done about it.