Follow Up to "Let's Support Each Other"

My previous post did not generate a lot of comment traffic, but it sure created a lot of off-site comments. I received a number of Facebook and Twitter messages. Thank you to everyone to asked questions and made comments.

I had a number of people ask who and what they should be reading. Times are tough and folks don't want to spend a lot of money on bad writing, poor layout, and other problems that are associated (justified or not) with small, independent, and self-published titles.

I read a...