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aruna · Sep 25, 2011

The Daily Mail: How to Make a Million with Self Publishing

Just thought I'd share!

I wonder how many Daily Mail readers are going to join the self-published hosts?

‘The phrase “vanity publishing” was almost certainly invented by traditional publishers years ago in order to squash the competition from entrepreneurial authors,’ says self-publisher John Locke who, between January and May this year, has sold more than 1.1 million e-books.

But the advent of electronic self-publishing has opened up a whole new range of opportunities to writers who thought their dream of getting a book published would never come to fruition.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mos...ake-million-writing-e-book.html#ixzz1YwjPVbCn

scarletpeaches · Sep 25, 2011

Yes, it's a Daily Mail article -- worrovit?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2040044/Kindle-How-make-million-writing-e-book.html

seun · Sep 25, 2011

Dear Daily Mail, how I hate you. Let me count the ways...

BunnyMaz · Sep 25, 2011

Oh ye gods.

gothicangel · Sep 25, 2011

Are those John Locke jackets for real? I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole!

seun · Sep 25, 2011

I don't know. The leggy one caught my eye.

And is it me or is the Romance section of the pie a little small?

Prisoner24601 · Sep 25, 2011

seun said:
And is it me or is the Romance section of the pie a little small?

Yeah it does seem really small. And the mysteries and thrillers sections seems overly huge. Interesting now the genre numbers break down though.

aruna · Sep 25, 2011

Hey! You stole my thread!!!!! (But your title is eleventymillion times better)

Margarita Skies · Sep 25, 2011

Perdon? No entendi nada.

I'm sorry? I understood nothing. :nothing

bearilou · Sep 25, 2011

seun said:
I don't know. The leggy one caught my eye.

It was the chicken that got my attention.

....priorities, I guess.

ChaosTitan · Sep 25, 2011

I couldn't even read the whole article. Yeesh. Just the quote aruna posted from John Locke had me rolling my eyes at how uninformed he is about different aspects of the publishing industry that aren't self-e-pub.

scarletpeaches · Sep 25, 2011

Bah, I did steal your thread, aruna -- many apologies. You were up and about before me so yep, the early bird catches the Daily Mailworm.

Phaeal · Sep 25, 2011

The chicken is a KFC bucket full of win.

My fav piece of advice from the article: "Proofread your work." Oh rly?

Soccer Mom · Sep 25, 2011

I made with the merge button. You now have one thread. I kept the monkeydollars. Just cause...

scarletpeaches · Sep 25, 2011

Monkeydollars is made of win. #truth

bearilou · Sep 25, 2011

Phaeal said:
The chicken is a KFC bucket full of win.

My fav piece of advice from the article: "Proofread your work." Oh rly?

I love chickens. Well, not real life ones. They are nasty, mean, vile creatures.

Unless they are smothered in 11 herbs and spices. And their eggs. There's nothing like a fresh egg, not one of those tasteless ones you get in the grocery store.

But I am a little fascinated with them. I have all the chicken pets in WoW! When I raid, I whip out my lucky chicken!

So the one with the chicken on the cover would induce me to buy it. I mean...a chicken on a leash, how cool is that?

Maybe I just like the way the word sounds when you say it.

Chicken!

aruna · Sep 25, 2011

scarletpeaches said:
Monkeydollars is made of win. #truth

Me wanting monkeydollars!!! Eleventytrillion! Squeeee!

leahzero · Sep 25, 2011

I look forward to the day when every single person on earth has published an ebook and we are all millionaires. It's really going to be great.

Alessandra Kelley · Sep 25, 2011

That woman on the cover of "Now and Then" looks like her neck's broken.

And truly? "Vanity Publishing" was a pejorative invented by "traditional" publishers to shame entrepreneurs, rather than a warning to innocent and naïve would-be authors about predators and sharks waiting to fleece them? (oo, mixed metaphor there)

AmsterdamAssassin · Sep 25, 2011

Alessandra Kelley said:
That woman on the cover of "Now and Then" looks like her neck's broken.

It's a zombie novel. Don't you see the craving for human flesh in her eyes?

Phaeal · Sep 25, 2011

I think Mr. Locke's target audience is guys with a feather fetish.

Wow, I didn't know there were so many of us, er, that is, THEM....

Libbie · Sep 25, 2011

1.1 million in five months? Somehow I doubt the veracity of those numbers.

aruna · Sep 25, 2011

Newcomers to this thread: in case you didn't get it, that beautiful thread title is the brainchild of the brilliant Scarlettpeaches, not mine!
Credit where credit's due, and all that.

Diana_Rajchel · Sep 25, 2011

I think the book covers are appalling, but there are bits and pieces here and there that do ring true to the self-publishing experience. Mileage may well vary.

Old Hack · Sep 25, 2011

Diana, the problem is that a lot of the conclusions in that article are based on fallacy; and many of the statistics and information given about trade publishing are just not true. Which means the whole thing is unsafe.

I long to read balanced, thoughtful articles about this. But I guess I want too much.

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