SP Put downs.

During my time of twittering today I read a post that caught my eye. It said that self published authors shouldn't bother, as most people like himself only read known authors so he could guatantee what he was reading.
I can tell you I was a little shocked. How would we ever learn anything if we didn't try new things? And how does he think those well named authors became so well known? Someone had to be the first to read their books at one time didn't they?
Oh well! I guess we're all entitled to our own opinions.