Why are reviewers of popular magazines snob books that are self published?
It used to be that there were many more publishing houses than there are now. So many of the old publishing houses have been swallowed by international conglomerates, there are less editors to look at unsolicited manuscripts [you may have heard of the “slush pile”], so there are long waits after sending off a manuscript. It is much faster to publish with a print-on-demand publisher, but there is still the stigma of being self-published. If you look at many of the self-published titles out there, they have misspelled words, bad grammar, have poor cover designs, and generally aren’t well-written. This is why the stigma continues. But, if you produce a good quality product, and it is well-written, with attention to spelling and grammar, and with a professional-looking cover, the average reader won’t know the difference. However, I agree with you, finding reviewers who don’t want to charge is very difficult. You might go to the Independent Book Publisher’s Association [formerly PMA] at htt
