What does it mean to be published? Evidently little to HDT. I suppose the biggie is that it is someone else footing the bill. To see your name and your work in a book that you’ve not paid for must be gratifying. But I think more than that is the knowing that someone else sees equal amount of value in your work as you do. If you believe in it, you do it, and will keep on doing it because you want/need/must do it. And for some other person or company to see enough value in it, even if it is for the sole purpose of making money, must be nice. It’s nice to be appreciated.