Personally, self-publishing is not a route I would choose to take, but I have no strong feelings about it either way.
I specifically asked people to give their answers and input from a reader's POV. Many folks did just that, but I agree there were a lot of negative responses. Since my journal is aimed at writer's, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that many writers found it hard to seperate their writer self from their reader self.
Having said that, if I read your post here without following the link to the poll, I'd assume that most of the 150+ comments there were spiteful rants about the self-publishing industry and the people who take that route. That's simply not the case, and I don't think it's fair of you to portray it that way.
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Date: 2010-02-23 01:33 pm (UTC)Personally, self-publishing is not a route I would choose to take, but I have no strong feelings about it either way.
I specifically asked people to give their answers and input from a reader's POV. Many folks did just that, but I agree there were a lot of negative responses. Since my journal is aimed at writer's, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that many writers found it hard to seperate their writer self from their reader self.
Having said that, if I read your post here without following the link to the poll, I'd assume that most of the 150+ comments there were spiteful rants about the self-publishing industry and the people who take that route. That's simply not the case, and I don't think it's fair of you to portray it that way.