Thread: James McGrath Morris: Will eBooks Make Midlist Authors Extinct?
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Old 06-14-2010, 05:30 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by CathrynLouis View Post
All the comments about midlist authors are reassuring - I hope to be one some day.

I do have a question though - if most people are choosing books by who they've already read, how do new authors get discovered?
Dear CathrynLouis:

Astak created www.EZread.com as a bookstore that is different. We actually do the smaller book shows all over the USA trying to get independent authors and publishers up on our eBook Store.

Right now one of the best is Steven Lake. He posts often on this forum. We are featuring Steven Lake eBooks (4 titles) in our store and the way he gets discovered is to offer his first title "The Oort Perimeter" for free on EZread. Membership is free on our site!

We also have a "Meet The Author" up with Steven Lake and have about 8 other independents in line to be posted up soon. Sure, we carry all the popular titles also and we even have the Google Free Library on EZread.com... but it is the independent authors and publishers we court actively.

So, rather than eBooks being the end of midlist authors... at EZread it is a springboard for them. Our site is only two months old... but we are already attracting a lot of interest because of new authors like Steven Lake!
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