[Seattle3503]

Yeah I rolled my eyes at that, but publishers basically require the front 10% of non-fiction be like that. It's for the people walking through book stores and picking up books to browse.

[ilrwbwrkhv]

Thats why we need disruption in the books publishing industry

[ghaff]

You have it. You can self-publish.

Publishers are not actually idiots. By and large, they know what sells.

[ilrwbwrkhv]

Self publishing doesn't work because there is no filter for quality or editing.

[ghaff]

I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "doesn't work." I've gone through publishers and self-published. They come with different tradeoffs including the complaints about how publishers want a book to flow as described upthread.

Reviews are at least something of a filter.