I have always had a soft spot for fiction set in prehistoric societies (basically anything pre-agriculture). Back when I first got my kindle, I didn't realize that there were a boatload of self-published novels on Amazon. I'd previously only bought paperbacks that, while of widely varying quality, had generally known the help of an editor and had to be good enough for a publisher to take a chance on.
Bought a book called "Ember" that was set in prehistoric Europe and, wow, it was so bad. Just everything was a wreck, I didn't know you could pay actual money for a book with misspellings, fragments, changes in voice, and random asides written like a junior high report on anthropology. I made maybe a quarter of the way and gave up.
My introduction to self-publishing put me off of trying anything else, though maybe that's unfair and there are lots of hidden gems?
I have always had a soft spot for fiction set in prehistoric societies (basically anything pre-agriculture). Back when I first got my kindle, I didn't realize that there were a boatload of self-published novels on Amazon. I'd previously only bought paperbacks that, while of widely varying quality, had generally known the help of an editor and had to be good enough for a publisher to take a chance on.
Bought a book called "Ember" that was set in prehistoric Europe and, wow, it was so bad. Just everything was a wreck, I didn't know you could pay actual money for a book with misspellings, fragments, changes in voice, and random asides written like a junior high report on anthropology. I made maybe a quarter of the way and gave up.
My introduction to self-publishing put me off of trying anything else, though maybe that's unfair and there are lots of hidden gems?