John Locke found fame as the first self-published author to sell one million Kindle ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 12/09/2011 - 15:41 Gollancz is hoping to reignite interest in the adventure game books of the 1980s after buying two books by a self-published author. Editor Marcus Gipps bought world rights to two books in the DestinyQuest series by Michael J... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 22/08/2011 - 15:00 Simon & Schuster US has signed a deal to publish the physical editions of John Locke's Donovan Creed novels in North America. In June, Locke became the first self-published author to sell more than one million ebooks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 20/06/2011 - 14:31 John Locke has become the first self-published author to sell more than one million ebooks through Amazon. The author used Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform to publish and sell his titles. He joins Stieg Larsson,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 17/05/2011 - 08:15 Corvus has acquired seven books from self-published author Nick Alexander, whose title The Missing Boyfriend was in the top 10 in the Kindle paid-for charts for six weeks. Senior editor Laura Palmer bought world English... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Mon, 04/04/2011 - 09:00 Amazon has emerged as the surprise underbidder on a multi-million dollar auction for a self-published author, the first time the retailer is believed to have bid on frontlist. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]