Is it considered success to self-publish your own book?

Success as an author includes any of the following: A) Getting a publishing contract from a Big Five publisher. Ideally for more than one book. B) Ditto with a legitimate medium or small press…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Is it considered success to self-publish your own book?]( Rachel Neumeier, Author of 40 or so fantasy and SF novels • [Answered May 18]( [Success as an author includes any of the following: A) Getting a publishing contract from a Big Five publisher. Ideally for more than one book. B) Ditto with a legitimate med... Read more » [Upvote] 35 [Comment] 17](   [Are electrons moving about the nucleus a sort of perpetually moving machine? Where do they get the energy and why do they not lose it, in normal circumstances?]( David Kahana, physicist unhinged • [Answered July 4, 2015]( [Yes, this is a form of perpetual motion. Not all forms of perpetual motion are disallowed. What violates the laws of thermodynamics is a perpetual motion machine from which ... 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