Book Blogger Hop; What Do You Like/Dislike About Self-Published Books?

It's Friday and time for yet another Book Blogger Hop post, courtesy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. The question of the week was "What do you like/dislike about self-published books?".
One of the things I enjoy about self-published books are the variety of stories and in general hidden gems. What I do dislike, is that sometimes books can seem more like (rough) first drafts, having some plot holes, poor grammar/spelling and so on and in general perhaps needing an editor to look through the book. Althrough I like self-published books, please do the proper work beforehand so you don't look stupid afterwards.

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  1. Billy Burgess12 July 2019 at 08:40

    I'm not a big of self-published books. Many of them are badly written.


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    1. GothicVamperstein1 August 2019 at 10:49

      I'm not going to object against the point of poorly written books. I've read quite a few of them and totally get why they weren't published by traditional publishers.

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  2. Julie Tyuk12 July 2019 at 20:12

    I have not read any self-published book, but can easily predict, that bad writing and poor spelling or grammar would put me off, however the plot might be interesting.

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    1. GothicVamperstein1 August 2019 at 10:50

      Some of them do have an interesting plot, but quite a few of them have bad writing and/or poor spelling and grammar.

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  3. Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)13 July 2019 at 04:03

    I agree that some of the editing in self published books can be horribly done and it tends to distract me from the story a bit.

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    1. GothicVamperstein1 August 2019 at 10:52

      I'm with you there, though I have experienced that a local publisher in my area isn't that good when it comes to proof-reading (don't get me started on all the poor grammar and spelling mistakes in their published books).

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  4. Erica Metcalf13 July 2019 at 15:54

    Agreed!! The lack of editing is such a bummer and a major distraction.

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