Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (7 of 8)

In November, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.

7. Edan: "Is it Best for Readers?"Elly: "Let the Readers Decide."
The essence of Lepucki's argument here is that the self-publishing revolution is creating a "slush pile" that is publicly available. To parse it out, what I think she's trying to say is that there is a lot of...