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Gatekeeping at Backword

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  • In my post on Self-Publishing Review about Backword, I say “Our niche is self-publishing,” which defines us as a group. This actually isn’t entirely accurate. Self-publishing is a huge niche and I’ve always contended that for self-publishing to be taken seriously as an avenue for legitimate publication more “literary” work is going to [...]

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    • Backword Begins

    Posted in: Henry Baum

  • The inaugural post of Backword.  It occurs to me that some people are going to take issue with this whole enterprise.  In the world of self-publishing, there are people who are so embittered by the gatekeeper’s hold on traditional publishing that they’re cynical about the concept of gatekeeping entirely.  This has been apparent in the [...]

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