A change for the better?
There are so many books out there today, and each year our bookshops and online stores are full of more and more titles. The modern day system allows any ’author'to publish a book, either under one of these new publishing companies that let unknowns get a break, or under their own publishing company. I for one, think that it is great that everyone has the opportunity to get their work to the masses, but one problem it does cause is that many of the titles being released these days are just utter rubbish!
Gone are the days of any true quality control, where you had to pitch your book to a highly paid woman dressed in designer suits and wearing lots of silver jewellery. Now I’m not saying that it was good that only a handful of people got to decide what was worth publishing and what was not, but it did prevent endless amounts of talentless ’writers'from bringing out book after book.
How are we supposed to know what good quality books are being brought out each year when there are just so many.
There are a great number of reviews written each year, but how are we supposed to know who is writing them and what their motivation is anymore? Online, people spend a great deal of time and money creating a big ’buzz'around a new title, and fill blogs, review sites and buying sites with fake reviews and hype in order to get sales in.
This is why recently I have been going back to the old ways; going into my local bookstore, and getting classic, well known good books and new ones that have been correctly published and reviewed by respectable and distinguished reviewers. Quality does not grow old, and a good book will always be a good book, so don’t forget this when you are trawling through the endless amounts of unkown books by unknown writers on the internet. Sometimes a good old classic by a renowned writer can be just the thing.
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