>>11331773if everyone could read every book and also put enough time into correctly interpreting it, that's how it would work.
if you write a really interesting and short paper, or can appeal to a very wide audience somehow (by making it super easy to understand and put it in a youtube video or medium article) that's how it will work.
for people whose work isn't that interesting, and don't have epic presentation skills, the publisher matters an insane lot.