Amanda Hocking is still the exception to the rule: Most self-published authors don’t get huge book deals

There ’s beena lot of talking latelyabout Amanda Hocking ’s amazing journeying from ego - publishing to a multi - million dollar record book deal with St. Martin ’s Press . But Hocking ’s achiever story — selling a million e - books on the Kindle , baffle a major publisher — persist a rarity , cautions a storyover at MediaShift . And Hocking did n’t get the major book heap until she ’d already sold the movie rights to one of her books , and negociate overseas deals in Hungary and other countries . Most self - publish authors wo n’t get on the publishing industry ’s radar , unless they do something to break out .

But meanwhile , there ’s another awe-inspiring success story to chew over — source Kerry Schafersold her urban phantasy trilogy to Ace Booksafter an editor find her on their online community , Book Country . On that website , says Schafer , “ author can post their work and get feedback from a wide variety of readers . I intend most multitude on the internet site are writers , but agents and editors also stop by , and anybody who is interested can read a limited amount . ”

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