07-11-2009, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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Self-Published Kindle Author Gets Deal with Simon & Schuster
According to Gizmodo and Crunchgear, author Boyd Morrison's book The Ark received so much attention that he has landed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster. It looks like Mr. Morrison was very good at self promotion on boards leading discussions about his book. Congratulations to him. |
07-12-2009, 12:50 AM | #3 |
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This is really great, I wrote a post recently mentioning how I hoped to this this kind of new interaction. Authors becoming popular in a more organic way rather than being forced to go through a publisher to get their work in front of readers.
I like the possibility because we can stumble upon interesting who had trouble getting a book deal. |
07-12-2009, 03:11 AM | #4 |
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Good for him, but I have to say he's one in a million. Most self-published authors end up with 3,000 books sitting in the basement.
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07-12-2009, 04:28 AM | #5 |
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07-12-2009, 04:34 AM | #6 |
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Morrison's books are no longer in the Kindle store. He's explained it over in the other thread. Looks like it will be 2010 before the books are available again -- the eBook should be published along with the hardback edition.
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