Comments on: Indie Kindle author lands book deal

By: darkfall gold

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By: aionkinah

aionkinah — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:25:11 +0000

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By: Miss79

Miss79 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:02:41 +0000

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By: Rebecca Davidson

Rebecca Davidson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:42:55 +0000

I’m curious as to how many books Boyd sold on his own before being recognized. This is something I’m facing right now. I’m at 50/50 with agents that are either requesting to see my full manuscript (completely aware that it is self-published and has not sold anywhere near 5000 copies like they say you need) and agents that say that I’ve ruined all my chances by going this route. I really hope not!

Ps- I’m HAPPY to see so many spelling and grammar mistakes! It makes me feel so much better about all my previous blunders.

Pps – Real website up and coming!

By: Betsy Balega

Betsy Balega — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:40:35 +0000

How wonderful for you. Congrats! You deserve your success.

By: A self-publishing success story « Gretchen Hirsch

A self-publishing success story « Gretchen Hirsch — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:17:48 +0000

[...] named Boyd Morrison has sold two books to Simon & Schuster. According to the article I read at http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/11/indie-kindle-author-lands-book-deal/, (thanks, Doug Thompson, for bringing this to my attention), his books were Kindle uploads and [...]

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:43:30 +0000

[...] This is the first such example we’re hearing about from a digital author, and it’s really great news both for Morrison and the publishing industry as a whole, including Kindle: It adds legitimacy to the Kindle’s self-publishing tools and it’s a sign of recognition that electronic reading, in some form or another, is a valid format, which is a fact many (myself included—I was just being new-media snarky about the death of print) have denied at some point or another. Congratulations to Boyd, and let’s hope it encourages more underground writers to publish on Kindle and get their stuff read. [Crunchgear] [...]

By: Hayes

Hayes — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:53:40 +0000

If your budget is tight (or non-existent like mine) UniBook.com released in the last week or so that they will publish your book and list it in their online bookstore for free.
They previously had an obligation to purchase 5 copies but even that is gone now. From what I can tell there are no hidden costs or obligations and their prices look very reasonable.

Their hard covers are cheaper than lulu’s.

By: Jeffman

Jeffman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:36:57 +0000

That linked-to page at the end the article raises the bar for literary badness. I’m amazed some people manage to dress themselves in the morning, yet alone turn on a computer.

By: Book Publishing School

Book Publishing School — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:20:48 +0000

A great story but not the first time a self published author has been approached by a traditional publisher.

Sometimes self-publishing can be more profitable. I know several authors in the online space who have turned down six and seven figure offers from publishers.

By: @MattWilsontv

@MattWilsontv — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:09:23 +0000

Love it–these are the kid of stories we need about someone crushing it!

By: mathew

mathew — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:44:43 +0000

Presumably the big publishing company made him yank the novel from Amazon, because right now it seems to be unavailable.

So I hope his contract’s worth it, because he must be missing a ton of sales right now while he’s getting all this free publicity.

By: ace

ace — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:37:10 +0000

Goes to show that self promotion pays off.

By: weatherman

weatherman — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:56:38 +0000

That’s good advice, actually. I did read some analysis recently that suggested it was more lucrative to self-publish in the long run, but I can’t find that article now. I think it was on BoingBoing.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:35:21 +0000

I was thinking about self-publishing my novel on twitter or blogger, but I won’t make much money.

By: www.writering.com

www.writering.com — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:28:45 +0000

Author Self-Publishes on Kindle and It Leads to a Book Deal with Simon & Schuster…

“And you thought self-published books were all rubbish. Author Boyd Morrison sold two books, the first one called The Ark, to Simon & Schuster. Boyd uploaded and sold the books himself and raised awareness for his novels by being a member of Kindle Bo…

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Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:59:06 +0000

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By: jesse

jesse — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:48:23 +0000

I thought Momar was going to pull a Gilda Radner and say, “Never mind!”

By: jesse

jesse — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:13:34 +0000

Arrington wise up? That’s an oxymoron.