HW:Another HW Book?

[Arin Komins]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Eric Siegerman wrote:

:Subject: Re: HW:Another HW Book?
:
:On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 08:49:54AM +0100, Ian Abrahams wrote:
:> [...] my comittment to the
:> people who spared me interview time is that I will self-publish if a
:> publishing company can't be found to take on the project.
:
:Or "do the indie thing".  Sounds so much nicer, doesn't it?
:
:Really, why is it that "indie" bands are considered gutsy and
:enterprising, but "self-published" authors merely desperate?
:
:Let's hear it for independent book publishing!

hrm.

IMHO, self-published authors tend to suffer fairly highly from what I call
"lack of editing" ;-)

I have no problems with independent book publishing, and I support small
publishers whenever I can (and whenever they produce a decent product
;-) ), but I don't think small publishers should publish themselves.

Arin
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