Is the eBook Expressway Every Author’s Back Road — to Big Bucks & a Bona Fide Writing Career? Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield While rarely noticed, there’s an instructive parallel between people who yearn to be famous authors and those who yearn to be famous actors.
The mainstream literary scene, like Hollywood, is constellated by twenty-five or so big-name authors with literary-auction-level fame (and among actors, by twenty-five or so who possess mega-watt star status). Anything these two dozen people write or act in will sell extremely well, because their fame tends to self-perpetuate: their “brand” sells itself on name recognition alone. J.K. Rowling, Stephen King. Meanwhile, the total number of people who write and act for a living — that is, professionally — while impossible to accurately calculate, probably levels out in the tens of thousands.
For Whom Does the eBook Revolution Beckon? But there is also a population of authors (and actors) who may earn a certain percentage of their income from writing (or acting), but who mainly support themselves with a day job. Why so? Guest Post by B.V. Larson. Here's more fuel for the fire.
Last month, I thought I did pretty good by selling 22,000 ebooks. Of course, we all know the reason I sold so many is because I was previously published and I have a platform and my traditional print books and fanbase all played a huge part. Not. Allow me to introduce you to B.V. Larson, who creamed my sales even though he had none of the above. But better to let him tell you in his own words. The Past:My ebook odyssey began in April 2010, when I rediscovered Joe’s blog (thanks again, Joe) and read about how well he was doing on Amazon. I’d been successful in non-fiction (have a textbook series), but I’d never managed more than a few pro short story sales in fiction. When I started ebooking I’d never laid eyes on a Kindle, but by the end of May I had two books up and 7 big sales.
I did it all without a fan-base or a web-presence. My point is: Indies can succeed. The Present:In January, Amazon made me their first "Featured Author" in the new DTP newsletter. Fiction Submissions Guidelines. The following guidelines outline how to submit fiction or non-fiction articles/blog posts to Tor.com.
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