That was a nice piece on the topic, "Are the only readers left all writers?" Your take on the results of what and why many, many self-pubbed writers do so is what I often say. As a writer, though, many consider me way over the top in my criticism of those who have little to say but say it proudly.

I know of at least one originally self-pubbed writer who put everything he had in writing, editing *and* writing to get his books out that he has been nominated for key writer's awards and will soon be pubbed by one of the rising now-medium size publishers of fiction.

Self publication isn't all bad, but most self-published books are pretty bad to awful. Note that I said. "most."

Chris, I hope you don't mind, but I'd like to add this comment to the forum previously mentioned.

I'll give it a day. Tell me no, and I won't do it.