Unfortunately it's true. They mass-recruit authors who want to be "published" via solicitation emails and then provide them limited support (as well as a limited or non-existent advance).
That doesn't mean there are no good Packt books. There are. It just means the average of quality will be lower than some other more picky publishers.
I feel bad for the good authors who get lumped together with the bad authors by virtue of their publisher. And I feel bad for the potentially good authors who just didn't get enough support in the writing process.
Don't judge a book by its cover or its publisher, but you may want to be a little more skeptical when Packt is the publisher on average.
That doesn't mean there are no good Packt books. There are. It just means the average of quality will be lower than some other more picky publishers.
I feel bad for the good authors who get lumped together with the bad authors by virtue of their publisher. And I feel bad for the potentially good authors who just didn't get enough support in the writing process.
Don't judge a book by its cover or its publisher, but you may want to be a little more skeptical when Packt is the publisher on average.