Hey everyone! So the last contest I did this for I did one every Friday/Saturday and I was planning to do it this time as well but I recently found out some *very* good news from my publisher involving one of my works so due to having to shift focus there I am going to do these every other week. So the second edition should be this Friday!

I think this will end up being slightly better in the long run regardless as far as The Story So Far is concerned since last time I felt like I was repeating myself a lot trying to put out new content for stories that stay in the Top 10 for a long time or the entire contest so hopefully this will keep things fresh for you, the readers, and myself.

Thanks for the patience as I cook up this weeks edition, expect it Friday or Saturday night. Also thank you so much for the feedback!

Thank you for the mention, and for making this list! It was fun to read someone else’s thoughts on the participants. 
Is there gonna be an update for the 2nd week, or later in the contest? 

I imagine most reviewers don’t accept self-published works because of the perception that most of them are unpolished and of poor overall quality. Which has a definite basis in fact; these days you can get self-published in minutes if you go to the right (or wrong places) and the lack of quality control means there’s a lot of crap out there. If I was a reviewer, I wouldn’t want to waste my time on a book that could be absolute drivel.
I don’t think that does a fair service to the ones that stand out, though. Plus, though many self-publishing firms are vanity presses that will print absolutely anything without caring about the quality of the content, some do have decent quality control, and offer at least basic editing services to bring their books to a minimum level of quality.
Quill definitely does. The crowdfunding model alone serves as a quality control measure; good luck getting 250 people to buy a book full of basic grammar and storytelling flaws. Not to say that hasn’t happened, but that’s why even Quill books get some help with editing.
I’ve read enough inkshares books now that I’ve found ones I like and ones I don’t like, but never have I read one that seemed unworthy of published status. I can’t see why any respectable reviewer would have a problem with the books we produce.

This is an intriguing concept, and I’m kinda low-key jealous I didn’t think of it first.  Kudos!  And best of luck!!

I stumbled across a couple really good lists of reviewers, one of which was entirely dedicated to reviewers who accept self pub and indi books. Some of the links were dead or abandoned but I found some good stuff on it - I’ll dig up the link and post it here.