Self-Published Kindle Author Gets Deal with Simon & Schuster

Alisa · 07-11-2009, 05:10 PM

According to Gizmodo and Crunchgear, author Boyd Morrison's book The Ark received so much attention that he has landed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster. It looks like Mr. Morrison was very good at self promotion on boards leading discussions about his book. Congratulations to him.

daffy4u · 07-11-2009, 05:14 PM

Cool! I see we even have an older thread about him here.

fugazied · 07-12-2009, 12:50 AM

This is really great, I wrote a post recently mentioning how I hoped to this this kind of new interaction. Authors becoming popular in a more organic way rather than being forced to go through a publisher to get their work in front of readers.

I like the possibility because we can stumble upon interesting who had trouble getting a book deal.

doreenjoy · 07-12-2009, 03:11 AM

Good for him, but I have to say he's one in a million. Most self-published authors end up with 3,000 books sitting in the basement.

HarryT · 07-12-2009, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doreenjoy

Good for him, but I have to say he's one in a million. Most self-published authors end up with 3,000 books sitting in the basement.

It's called "Vanity Publishing" for a very good reason.

Elsi · 07-12-2009, 04:34 AM

Morrison's books are no longer in the Kindle store. He's explained it over in the other thread. Looks like it will be 2010 before the books are available again -- the eBook should be published along with the hardback edition.

07-11-2009, 05:10 PM	#1
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	Self-Published Kindle Author Gets Deal with Simon & Schuster According to Gizmodo and Crunchgear, author Boyd Morrison's book The Ark received so much attention that he has landed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster. It looks like Mr. Morrison was very good at self promotion on boards leading discussions about his book. Congratulations to him.

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07-11-2009, 05:14 PM	#2
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Cool! I see we even have an older thread about him here.

07-12-2009, 12:50 AM	#3
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	This is really great, I wrote a post recently mentioning how I hoped to this this kind of new interaction. Authors becoming popular in a more organic way rather than being forced to go through a publisher to get their work in front of readers. I like the possibility because we can stumble upon interesting who had trouble getting a book deal.

07-12-2009, 03:11 AM	#4
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Good for him, but I have to say he's one in a million. Most self-published authors end up with 3,000 books sitting in the basement.

07-12-2009, 04:34 AM	#6
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Morrison's books are no longer in the Kindle store. He's explained it over in the other thread. Looks like it will be 2010 before the books are available again -- the eBook should be published along with the hardback edition.

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