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Originally Posted by Katsunami
So, getting published meant to be good enough (in the eyes of the agent/publisher) to be selected and printed. It bequeathed a certain status to be published.
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Which is still the case, of course. Although there certainly are good self-published books out there, the overwhelming majority are complete crap. Being traditionally-published still imbues status to an author.
Successful traditionally-published authors sometimes switch to self-publishing in order to gain more control over their work, but I'm sure that the overwhelming majority of self-published authors would like nothing more than to be offered a publishing contract by a traditional publisher.