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abookreader · 04-03-2011, 01:00 PM

I'm going to be very interested in seeing how Amanda Hocking does under St. Martins.

I'd guess that well over 95% of the "publicity" she has garnered to date has been about her success as an Indie author and NOT about the quality or enjoyability of her books. I admit that I haven't read her books, so I really can't comment on whether or not she is a good author. I just don't hear too many people talking about her books, as compared to people who talk about her and her marketing/pricing/ etc etc.

I can pretty well guarantee that St. Martins will not be publishing her books at 99cents/$2.99/$3.99. It will be curious to see if her buyers follow her to $12.99.

04-03-2011, 01:00 PM	#20
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	I'm going to be very interested in seeing how Amanda Hocking does under St. Martins. I'd guess that well over 95% of the "publicity" she has garnered to date has been about her success as an Indie author and NOT about the quality or enjoyability of her books. I admit that I haven't read her books, so I really can't comment on whether or not she is a good author. I just don't hear too many people talking about her books, as compared to people who talk about her and her marketing/pricing/ etc etc. I can pretty well guarantee that St. Martins will not be publishing her books at 99cents/$2.99/$3.99. It will be curious to see if her buyers follow her to $12.99.