As a failed author, I can speak openly about the publishing industry, and my view is that they keep a lot of crap out of print. Stuff that is poorly written, on the level of high school creative writing. I look at what I submitted in the past and cringe to think that I thought this was good work. It was the best I was able to do at the time, but no where near good enough to earn a soft cover let alone a hard cover and marketing money.
The internet has not evened the playing field, it has expanded it, however I do question the quality of work out there and where it is to lead us in the future by determining what is acceptable quality.
Note, I have not read any thing posted by the poster who provided links to his work, and this is not a criticism of said work.