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Abraham is not an Indie authors and his sci fi collaboration is a major hit (and gets a tv show I think).
Of the 4 authos you mentioned, I would say Goodkind is no major player. He had some success for a short time, but thats all. No lasting influence, only die hard fans are still interested in him.
The other three are established and certainly major players. If you are interested in current major players (who write today, but are established and very popular) I would add Abercrombie, Sanderson, Rothfuss and maybe Lynch. But your three are possibly the most influential fantasy authors of the past 20 years. The ones I would add are one (two for jordan) "generations " newer.
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