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papa stas
 24 Jun 2011, 07:14 #121388 Reply To Post
Kindle sells million books by self-published US author

US writer John Locke has become the first self-published author to sell more than one million e-books in the Kindle Store on Amazon.

Locke, from Kentucky, used Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing to publish and sell his nine novels.

The author has become the eighth author to sell over one million Kindle books and joins the likes of Stieg Larsson and James Patterson.

"It's so exciting that self-publishing has allowed John Locke to achieve a milestone like this," said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content.

Locke's latest book is called How I sold 1 Million e-books in 5 Months.

His other books include Saving Rachel, Don't Poke The Bear!, and Vegas Moon.

Other authors in the so-called Kindle million club alongside Larsson, Patterson and Locke are Nora Roberts, True Blood creator Charlaine Harris, Lee Child, Suzanne Collins and Michael Connelly.
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” - Albert Einstein
sulcus
 24 Jun 2011, 08:10 #121390 Reply To Post
Ironic that the US Constitution is based on the work of 17th Century English philosopher John Locke.


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papa stas
 24 Jun 2011, 08:28 #121393 Reply To Post
Quote: sulcus, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 08:10
Ironic that the US Constitution is based on the work of 17th Century English philosopher John Locke.


Interesting sulcus -

now if I were Hindu -

I might think something's afoot.

papa
stas (who ain't Hindu or anything else - religion-wise that is)

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” - Albert Einstein
sulcus
 24 Jun 2011, 09:57 #121404 Reply To Post
Quote: papa stas, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 08:28
Quote: sulcus, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 08:10
Ironic that the US Constitution is based on the work of 17th Century English philosopher John Locke.


Interesting sulcus -

now if I were Hindu -

I might think something's afoot.

papa
stas (who ain't Hindu or anything else - religion-wise that is)



Of course the Americans misinterpreted Locke fundamentally and put their misreadings into the Constitution. Does it still work however? Well you're more likely to be a better judge of that than me. Or Palache perhaps.
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
CaroleH
 24 Jun 2011, 10:03 #121407 Reply To Post
John Locke was absolutely brilliant in Lost though. Especially when he became the smoke monster. No wait, they deliberately chose that name for the character.
mlloyd
 24 Jun 2011, 10:26 #121412 Reply To Post
Have you read the reviews on Amazon of the books? Go to the 1 star reviews.

On the face of it, Mr. Locke looks like a triumph of marketing over writing.

Moon people, anyone?
sulcus
 24 Jun 2011, 10:58 #121416 Reply To Post
Quote: mlloyd, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 10:26
Have you read the reviews on Amazon of the books? Go to the 1 star reviews.

On the face of it, Mr. Locke looks like a triumph of marketing over writing.

Moon people, anyone?


His latest meisterwerk is called something like "How I sold A million Books In 4 Months" - bit of a clue there. File under Seth Godin.

This is the new pyramid scheming. Buy my book and it tells you how to make a million sales. The book probably says, 'publish a book in Kindle titled something like Make A Million Sales and get selling it'
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
rinkytink
 24 Jun 2011, 11:04 #121418 Reply To Post
That's what troubles me Elv, about Kindling, self-pubbing, e-pubbing, quality really doesn't matter. Because you pay very little for "the product" it becomes worthless-like a Maccy D's burger or a bottle of Coke. We were always told in journo school, today's news, tomorrow's chip wrapper, now this seems to be happening in the world of literature. I'm in no way a luddite but I still remember buying Catcher in the Rye, Ulysees, the Wasteland, all those books (never bothered to read them) and enjoying owning them -I valued them in a way I don't reckon can be achieved by bargain bin prices.
Only an "s" stands between laughter and slaughter.
sulcus
 24 Jun 2011, 12:19 #121422 Reply To Post
Quote: rinkytink, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 11:04
That's what troubles me Elv, about Kindling, self-pubbing, e-pubbing, quality really doesn't matter. Because you pay very little for "the product" it becomes worthless-like a Maccy D's burger or a bottle of Coke. We were always told in journo school, today's news, tomorrow's chip wrapper, now this seems to be happening in the world of literature. I'm in no way a luddite but I still remember buying Catcher in the Rye, Ulysees, the Wasteland, all those books (never bothered to read them) and enjoying owning them -I valued them in a way I don't reckon can be achieved by bargain bin prices.


Correct. It opens up the question of what price artists does a society have? How much does a culture value its artists? if we are all relying on market valuations, then clearly not much. I'm not saying the State should subsidise artists, especially in these straitened times, but there remains an unalloyed trend for devaluing the work of creative artists.
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
rinkytink
 24 Jun 2011, 13:01 #121428 Reply To Post
Something else that occured to me- is the question of who is controlling access to the e-book. OK, you have bookshops owned by major retailers but it's possible to access books in many ways (libraries, 2nd hand, borrow etc) but with Kindle you're in debt to a device which can spy on you and sell the information it gleans - do any of the hand-held readers pay anything to authors or the arts? Methinks not.

Quote: sulcus, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 12:19
Quote: rinkytink, Friday, 24 Jun 2011 11:04
That's what troubles me Elv, about Kindling, self-pubbing, e-pubbing, quality really doesn't matter. Because you pay very little for "the product" it becomes worthless-like a Maccy D's burger or a bottle of Coke. We were always told in journo school, today's news, tomorrow's chip wrapper, now this seems to be happening in the world of literature. I'm in no way a luddite but I still remember buying Catcher in the Rye, Ulysees, the Wasteland, all those books (never bothered to read them) and enjoying owning them -I valued them in a way I don't reckon can be achieved by bargain bin prices.


Correct. It opens up the question of what price artists does a society have? How much does a culture value its artists? if we are all relying on market valuations, then clearly not much. I'm not saying the State should subsidise artists, especially in these straitened times, but there remains an unalloyed trend for devaluing the work of creative artists.


Only an "s" stands between laughter and slaughter.
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