The writing world is abuzz about Amanda Hocking, the 26-year-old self-published author who sold over 450,000 copies of her e-books in January alone, mostly priced between 99 cents and $2.99. She's now a millionaire. The writing world has been abuzz for a while about J.A. Konrath, who has very publicly blogged about the significant amount of money he has made selling inexpensive e-books.Maybe e-books is where I should be.... but first, I've gatta come up with a sensational plot AND find an editor. But apparently this 450K-selling book was barely edited with "than" being used for "then" and other problems. But she's self published which means she's probably self edited and that alone leads one down a road of horrors (I know since I self edit). Perhaps that now she's making some $$, she can find a beta reader?
Damn, I'm freaking jealous.
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And it is really, really hard (or at least, it has been for me) to find an editor that can do all that. My books have all been edited - several times, by dozens of people with varying backgrounds - and people still find errors.Oops... my bad, then.
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These people are writing about blood and paranormal romance... I don't have that kind of imagination or interest. Back to reality :(
