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If I was at a party and someone said they were an author the thought that comes to my mind is "have you been published?" Does this negate them as an author? No, it does not, it asks if I have a chance of reading them.
We all know the jokes/stories of people being actors, but never having gotten a part in anything. If at a party and asked what they do, they answer that they are an actor. Then they are asked if they have been in anything or what they have been in.
If someone considered theirself an author it is not up to me to argue with their perception.
Now, I have had a problem with the use of "random". Random means one item has as much chance being chosen as another in a given sample. If you walk into a bookstore and always turn right, your choice is no longer random, you have deliberately taken out some of the colored marbles from the bag because you don't e want that color (genre). You turned right because the books you like are that direction. If you want random then flip a coin to determine which direction to go, or spin a spinner, then just reach out and grab a book and buy it. But to be truly random a blindfold would need to be worn, or use the spinner again, because the way the cover looks could influence the grab.
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