Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing, Pros and Cons | The Passive Voice

Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing, Pros and Cons | The Passive Voice:

Self-publishing has gained respect not because good literature has been self-published but because big sellers have been self-published. The dollar still determines credibility in the official literary universe. A century from now, if there are still readers, if there are still humans, I feel certain the consensus will be that the most interesting writing of our time was happening in the shadows. This is, in fact, a typical scenario. Those 19th C best selling authors I read at UCLA for a class remain unread EXCEPT in classrooms.