Comments on: Self-Published Author Signs 7-Figure Book Deal

By: Laurie Ashton

Laurie Ashton — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:17:59 +0000

Erika, I couldn’t agree more.

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:54:21 +0000

Holy cow. That is an amazing story. I think the reason it worked for her, was partially the financial liquidity and the fact that being a long-term professional writer, she already knew what goes into publishing. Unfortunately there are probably more SP-authors out there that don’t and will see this as a way around learning the process and then deciding whether they want to go through the traditional route or self-publish.

By: Auria Cortes

Auria Cortes — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with you, Laurie. Self-published writers will use this example as an excuse not to submit to a commerical publisher. And they will ignore the fact that she worked very hard and spend lots of money to bring the book to print.