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In reply to the discussion: One of the world's biggest banks just admitted bitcoin could destroy existing finance firms [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)And a lot of established writers are now self-publishing their back list, and those are properly formatted and edited.
My complaint is the utter lack of professional level of editing and presentation.
Music is perhaps very different from books, since all you need I suppose is a decent capture of the sound, and then the equipment to make the CDs, which I suspect isn't very expensive.
Books, on the other hand require a lot more attention. Too many who self-publish don't bother with professional editing. And then, heaven forbid someone who has self-published decides to join a writers group and hasn't a clue that his self-published masterpiece simply isn't that good, and actually needs a lot of work. Which is why I now categorically won't buy a self-published book.
I have more than once bought CDs from local musicians and have never been disappointed.