Attention Bloggers Who Will Not Review Self-Published Books...

ATTENTION ALL BLOGGERS WHO WILL NOT REVIEW SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS

I have mind-blowing information that may shock you, so hold onto your seats because this might get ugly.

YOU... YES, YOU... ARE SELF-FREAKIN' PUBLISHED!!!

That's right.  Every time you press that "Publish" button, guess what?  You have just self-published!  You have just committed the crime that all of us self-published authors have done which cause you to refuse to review our books!

Okay, for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, here's what I've witnessed online.

So I was looking for people to review my independently published books.  The traditional media largely ignored me because they're all in bed with the big corporate publishers.  Fair enough.  They're all part of the same family.  So I figure I'll go to my family, the community of people who are interested in independent publishing, i.e. the blogging community.  They're all self-publishers, so why wouldn't they give a chance to self-published books.

Now I expected many of them to not have the time to read my book.  There are a lot of independent authors and publishers out there, so if they're already full, I completely understand.  What I wasn't prepared for is this:

"No self-published books."

That's right.  BLOGGERS sticking their noses up to self-published books.  The hypocrisy here is amazing.  They want you to overlook every traditionally written newspaper, magazine, large format business, etc. to read their blogs, but they won't lower themselves to read your self-published writing.

So I have made a basic determination.  Any blog which says it will not read self-published material is not worth my time.  I even look for that policy first.  Because if they don't have time to help their fellow independent artists, then I have no time for them.