: Re: Are authors who self publish respected in the writing world? From what I have researched anybody can self-publish. So it is an easier route than traditional publishing. However, since anyone

@Kristi637

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If your book is both well-written and successful, people will eventually judge it on its merits, not its publishing method.

However, people who haven't read your book will probably have significantly lower expectations for its quality if they know it is self-published, and this in turn will make it harder to get people to read it in the first place.

Self-publishing success stories are almost always stories of successful salesmanship --the quality of the writing has a secondary impact.

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