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Amanda Hocking is probably the best example right now of an author who made it big through ebooks without having been published traditionally first. She does h
by othello 16y ago
Amanda Hocking is probably the best example right now of an author who made it big through ebooks without having been published traditionally first.
She does have a blog [1] and promotes herself quite heavily through social networks, but she's never had the support of a big publishing house that Konrath had.
She's far from being an overnight success though - in an interview with the Huffington Post [2], she explains how she's been writing fiction constantly from the earliest age, attending every possible writing courses along the way.
1: http://amandahocking.blogspot.com/ http://amandahocking.blogspot.com/
2: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tonya-plank/meet-mega-bestselling-ind_b_804685.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tonya-plank/meet-mega-bestsell...
- runevault 16y agoPart of it's also the fact she has a LOT of books out there, the more material you have the higher chance someone discovers you and if you write well enough, they'll love your stories and start buying them all up. THAT is how an author makes a living at it without being a lottery, create enough content that fans can keep buying while picking up a few new readers here and there.