I read self published work with interest.
Someone known to me wrote her family biography which included the wider family.This was a well written memoir including photographs and family papers.The author was well educated and it showed...
it reported her view and breached boundaries for people I loved caused distress and in some instances told blatant lies...I mean lies not a twist on the truth..
for those who knew the facts we shook out heads
BUT
In years to come will the reader believe these private details with the slant of the author..only a critical reader who knows that self publishing can allow this intrusion and weigh up what
may not be truth and not a warped view.

In the case of poetry or fiction self publishing is good .Sharing with a smaller audience someones talent to shine and lead to more shared work.also mean a lot to the people who come after us.

Self publishing allows a wide variety of personalities to create and within that harm can be done..
as an tool for healing writing can be of great benefit but once published words cannot be retracted.