http://lmashton.com/2008/01/self-published-author-signs-7-figure-book-deal/ L M Ashton's adventures in speculative fiction writing. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:37:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://lmashton.com/2008/01/self-published-author-signs-7-figure-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Laurie Ashton Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:17:59 +0000 #comment-564 Erika, I couldn’t agree more.

]]> http://lmashton.com/2008/01/self-published-author-signs-7-figure-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Erika Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:54:21 +0000 #comment-560 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.

]]> http://lmashton.com/2008/01/self-published-author-signs-7-figure-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Auria Cortes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-417 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.

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