It got me thinking, once again, how much the publishing industry has created a language that pushes people away from self publishing. It is, when I think about it, somewhat impressive that an industry that has built itself upon words has developed a set of codes that continue a certain kind of publishing scheme to remain in dominance. You can see, in comics, and in music, how that language isn't there, though both industries have enough self published, badly produced, and just plain awful material to warrant the same language, but it seems to me that it is only in the publishing industry that it's so potent.
Still, that said, it's not as if there aren't people doing there thing, and avoiding that language. An example of it is Catherynne Valente (
(crossposted)