Hope springs eternal

The headline (New York Times Reviews Self-Published Book) caught Rico's eye, but the article in Forbes by Suw Charman-Anderson was interesting:

If there’s one thing every self-published author yearns for, it’s to be reviewed alongside traditionally published books, but for most that’s a dream that is unlikely to come true. Book reviewers, whether for traditional book review columns or book blogs, frequently don’t accept submissions from self-published authors. Instead, there’s a web of professional relationships between traditional publishers and reviewers which keeps the books and the reviews flowing.
But, this week, The New York Times published a long and enthusiastic review of a self-published book, Alan Sepinwall’s The Revolution Was Televised.

Rico says he's not gonna run right out and buy The Revolution Was Televised, but maybe Armageddon will be so lucky, because, according to the article, "the idea of a division between ‘traditionally published’ and ‘self-published’ is becoming a ridiculous construct with no meaning whatsoever"... (Rico couldn't agree more.)