# How do so many crappy novels get published? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [December 9, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-so-many-crappy-novels-get-published/955797 "2021-12-09T21:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-so-many-crappy-novels-get-published/955797/28 "2021-12-10T06:08:41Z")
This thread reminds me of [this one I posted way back in April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-found-out-if-a-book-or-author-is-really-a-best-seller/939436). The books in question in my thread are absolute rubbish, with horrid English, and the writing practically reeks of pretentiousness. The (currently) last post in that thread is by **MrAtoz** sums up the situation: > I’m just expressing surprise at how many authors I’ve been running across lately that seem to be succeeding (for certain values of “success”) despite not composing very readable prose. There’s a lot of rubbish, and evidently a lot of people who like rubbish. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-so-many-crappy-novels-get-published/955797)._