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Related: When I was a judge for the LA Times book prize, they were fine with anything that was published even in the indie space, but not self published books, even if they had an isbn. Essentially disqualifying some of the best work coming out despite being no different than small press stuff.

Peow2@peow.bsky.social

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21/10/26, 5:55 pm3 reposts15 likes

Peow2

@peow.bsky.social

wow, had no idea. What did they consider difference between indie published and self published?

Creature From The Zach Lagoon

@emo-sludge.com

Honestly I couldn't figure out their reasoning. It seemed very arbitrary. If I had to guess it was probably that a lot of self published stuff goes out of print quickly or isn't easily available via distribution channels, but I don't really know.

Creature From The Zach Lagoon

@emo-sludge.com

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