If you self published a book would you consider yourself a published author?

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sensualgruv

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Would you in some way distinguish yourself as self published from those published traditionally? Do you believe there is a distinction between the two?
If you were traditionally published would you want to be categorized the same way as someone who has not gone through the same timely and rigorous process?
 
I believe anyone who has been published, whether it be self-published or traditionally, is a published author. It's hard work to write a book, and it's even harder to find someone to publish it. I don't care what anyone says . . . a published author is a published author.
 
I believe anyone who has been published, whether it be self-published or traditionally, is a published author. It's hard work to write a book, and it's even harder to find someone to publish it. I don't care what anyone says . . . a published author is a published author.
 
You could consider yourself a published author but an editor or a literary agent wouldn't. In a way, self-publishing makes it harder to get an agent for the same work. I don't know how Christopher Paolini (author of Eragon - very well written, but kind of tired of war books personally) did it - I think his parents owned the publishing company and technically they self-published it in a traditional way so later another publisher bought the rights to publish it or something.
 
I would distinguish myself as a self-published author, but I don't know if others would. Or rather, if I sold a book to someone who is in no way known to me, and they enjoy it, then maybe I wouldn't. It's a tough question. John Grisham first self published 'A Time to Kill'. Now did he distinguish himself as a self published author UNTIL he was picked up by a traditional author? I don't know, but even so, if at first I self published and were lucky enough to get picked up by a traditional press, I might still consider myself a self-published author, only because I think it would show not giving up and knowing my book was worth it.
As for the timely and rigorous process of traditional publishing, I think selling books out of the trunk of ones car, like Triple Crown Publishing owner and author, Vickie Stringer did, I'd say the work load my be very different, but equally difficult.

Tough question. Good question.
 
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