Sunday, March 18, 2018

Amanda Hocking: self-publishing success story


One of the first superstars of the Kindle/Apple e-book era, author Amanda Hocking talks about how she started and where it led in this clip.  She started writing vampire-type love stories, as I recall, and put in the work to both write the books, and to promote and self-publish them.  She got so successful, that traditional publishers started coming to her with offers.

I've been writing since my late teens, and have self-published 40 or so zines, written for BMX magazines, a newsletter, and typed up thousands of blog posts.  But publishing a "real" book has eluded me.  My artwork is bringing in money these days, but I'm more of a writer, and hopefully I can make a real book happen in the next year or so.  Amanda did it.  So have many others.  Knowing it's possible with today's technology helps.

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