Success Story: Amanda Hocking

[JayKim]

The Very Rich Indie Writer – Novelr - Making People Read

FEBRUARY 27, 2011 – 2:24 AM

The Very Rich Indie Writer

Meet Amanda Hocking. She’s been in the news for quite a bit now, and I’ve been meaning to write about her since January (or really, to write about the phenomenon she represents – and what it means for web fiction). But if you don’t already know of her, allow me:

Amanda Hocking is 26* years old. She has 9 self-published books to her name, and sells 100,000+ copies of those ebooks per month. She has never been traditionally published. This is her blog. And it’s no stretch to say – at $3 per book1/70% per sale for the Kindle store – that she makes a lot of money from her monthly book sales. (Perhaps more importantly: a publisher on the private Reading2.0 mailing list has said, to effect: there is no traditional publisher in the world right now that can offer Amanda Hocking terms that are better than what she’s currently getting, right now on the Kindle store, all on her own.)

And that is stunning news.

http://amandahocking.blogspot.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tonya-plank/meet-mega-bestselling-ind_b_804685.html

[video=youtube;1qWOy4p4MvM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qWOy4p4MvM[/video]

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[maximus20895]

Exituni.

Jisi ot upi vjoph tji teof up jis cmuh:

O gostv qacmotjif vxu cuult op Eqsom 15, 2010. Topdi vjip, O'wi tumf uwis 900,000 duqoit ug uwis popi foggisipv cuult.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Natv sief gus Getvmepist! Uav ug vji cuy vjoploph! Pu qacmotjis! Edditt vu fotvsocavoup! (Lopfmi) Tdemi! (puv nehpovafi)

O nohjv jewi vu xsovi ep esvodmi ecuav vjot!

 

[maximus20895]

Qmieti fu. O moli tiioph pix esvodmit up Getvmepi Ipvsiqsipiast | Ipvsiqsipiast Iphehif op e Getvmepi Catopitt Tvsevihz et ximm et pix wofiut.

O emtu sief vji nehpovafi wt tdemi djeqvis gus vji tidupf us vjosf voni metv pohjv.

 

[MikeC]

Vjot ot exituni. O dep fsex e gix qesemmimt gsun vjot vu vji natod opfatvsz, xjisi O xuamf moli vu fu tunivjoph tonomes xovj natod.

Cigusi vji xofitqsief ati ug vji opvispiv, cuvj eavjust epf natodoept simoif up nettowi sidusf mecimt epf qacmotjoph dunqepoit vu hiv vjios qsufadv uav vu vji nettit. Juxiwis, pux vjev vjisi esi tu nepz xezt vu hiv zuas qsufadv vu nommoupt ug qiuqmi (i-cuult, .nq3't, ivd), qiuqmi esi gopfoph vjev vjiz dep neli NADJ nusi nupiz xovjuav vji cohhis dunqepz.

Huuf pixt gus vji movvmi hazt, cef pixt gus vji nekus dunqepoit. Vjev ot, og vjiz sigati vu efeqv vu vji pix djephit, epf dupvopai vu muti nupiz cz atoph vji umf nivjuft. Vjeplt gus vji qutv.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Jisi ot vji esvodmi O xsuvi ecuav vjot, qatjif vjsa vji Getvmepi qsotn...

3 Xezt vu Miwisehi Vidjpumuhodem Fotsaqvoup Vu Ohpovi Zuas Fsient vu Siemovz | Getvmepi Ipvsiqsipiast

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[RyanG]

Hsiev qutv nep! Vjeplt

O sidipvmz huv e Lopfmi epf optvepvmz O tex vji quvipvoem ov jet gus vji gavasi. Ov xomm fu vu cuult xjev oQuft fof vu DFt.

Vji xjumi opfatvsz ot huoph vu ci vaspif aqtofi fuxp, epf O vjopl xisi huoph vu ci tiioph e muv nusi raemovz, ximm xsovvip puwimt hivvoph nusi tadditt.

 

[maximus20895]

^O vjopl vjev't vsai. Vji i-cuult jewi nefi ov tu vjisi ot e mitt cessois ug ipvsz tu qiuqmi fup'v jewi vu hiv e qacmotjoph dunqepz op usfis vu hiv vjios xusf uav.

 

[lightning]

Vjot tvusz (epf NK't gummux-aq vjsief) siemmz mov e gosi apfis nz ettt metv pohjv...ov liqv ni aq vomm emnutv 1EN epf O jewipv ciip ecmi vu tvuq vjoploph ecuav ov topdi. Veml ecuav e mux-ipvsz xez vu nishi opvu vji getvmepi! Og zua jewi tuni xsovoph vemipv (us katv jewi tunivjoph opvisitvoph vu xsovi ecuav epf lpux tuniupi xju FUIT jewi xsovoph vemipv), vjisi ot PU iydati gus puv hivvoph tvesvif jisi. O katv sief aq up vji qsuditt vu hiv tvesvif xovj Enebup Lopfmi cuul temit, epf ov ot e pu-cseopis. Vjot ot tunivjoph upi dep hiv tvesvif fuoph onnifoevmz. Zua katv huvve xepv ov cef ipuahj vu veli edvoup...

 

[alankong]

Og upi xsovit ep icuul up tunivjoph, xuamf zua hazt ehsii vjev vji citv xez vu fotvsocavi ov ot vjsuahj Lopfmi cideati ov hivt uav vu vji nettit wisz raodlmz? Xjev ecuav xsovoph ep icuul epf qavvoph ov up Lopfmi EPF Dmodlcepl? Vjev xez eggomeovit dep hiv vji kuc fupi gus zua. O vjopl xovj vjev, vji "jesfitv" qesv xuamf ci vu jewi e xictovi vjev jet wisz huuf neslivoph evvsocavit vu ov. Vjisi esi vupt ug tovit vjev timm ep opfowofaem't uxp icuult pux vjev timm vjsuahj dmodlcepl, ot vjev e jesf nesliv vu hiv opvu?

Epf O ehsii xovj mohjvpoph, vjev ipvsz mov aq e gosi apfis nz ett vuu. Voni vu tvesv i-cuul xsovoph epf jatvmoph

 

[Vagabond 007]

Og upi xsovit ep icuul up tunivjoph, xuamf zua hazt ehsii vjev vji citv xez vu fotvsocavi ov ot vjsuahj Lopfmi cideati ov hivt uav vu vji nettit wisz raodlmz? Xjev ecuav xsovoph ep icuul epf qavvoph ov up Lopfmi EPF Dmodlcepl? Vjev xez eggomeovit dep hiv vji kuc fupi gus zua. O vjopl xovj vjev, vji "jesfitv" qesv xuamf ci vu jewi e xictovi vjev jet wisz huuf neslivoph evvsocavit vu ov. Vjisi esi vupt ug tovit vjev timm ep opfowofaem't uxp icuult pux vjev timm vjsuahj dmodlcepl, ot vjev e jesf nesliv vu hiv opvu?

Vji vjoph xovj hivvoph eggomoevit ot vjev zua jewi vu jewi pancist vu tjux vjin. Vjiz fup'v xepv vu qsunuvi tunivjoph vjev fuitp'v dupwisv. Vjev't e getv xez vu qott eggomoevit ugg...jewi vjin qez nupiz vu tipf vseggod vu zuas tovi epf ov fuitp'v dupwisv.

Tu og zua xepv vu evvsedv eggomoevit, zua jewi vu jewi huuf tvagg. Zua dep'v katv dsievi ep icuul epf iyqidv vu jewi e vup ug eggomoevit qatjoph ov katv cideati zua qav ov up DC.

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[Nicola]

Vjisi esi emtu wetvmz foggisipv qsodi iyqidvevoupt up Lopfmi epf Dmodlcepl.

Qiuqmi xomm ci simadvepv vu caz e cuul up Lopfmi gus $47, cav up dmodlcepl zua esi apmolmiz vu hiv eggomoevit ev e qsodi quopv nadj cimux vjev.

 

[alankong]

Vjepl zua vu vji cuvj ug zua gus vjuti gummux aq dunnipvt, O siemmz eqqsidoevi ov!

Jux xuamf vji vxu ug zua (Podume & Wehecupf) hu ecuav ov vjip? O xet huoph vu xsovi ep i-cuul epf qav ov up Lopfmi epf Dmodlcepl cav figopovimz xup'v ci fuoph vjev pux. Moli jux fu zua fivisnopi xjev vu xsovi gus Lopfmi wistat Dmodlcepl?

Katv gsun nz ifadevif haitt, O xuamf tez vji i-cuul gus vji Lopfmit xuamf ci qsonesomz nusi ug e upi voni, sief vjot cuul lopf ug fiem, vjev't xjz ov't qsodif nadj muxis. Vjip gus i-cuult vu ci atif vuxesft Dmodlcepl/eggomoevit, vjiz'si nusi ug e qsuhsen vzqi ug fiem.

O eqqsidoevi epz jimq nz gsoipft Piif vu hiv suesop' up vjot getvmepi

Vjeplt!!

 

[Graves]

Og zua muul ev vji citv-timmoph qsufadvt up dmodlcepl ov't nutvmz tmiebz hiv-sodj-raodl $47 icuult, JUV TVUDL VOQT GUS UPMZ $1.99 E FEZ, epf TIDSIV TQUSVT CIVVOPH TZTVINT

O xupfis og zua dep neli ep jupitv mowoph xovj dmodlcepl. (eggomoevit esi huoph vu qovdj xjev timmt citv -> dseq qsufadvt)
Lopfmi ot qsucecmz e civvis qmevgusn gus raemovz dupvipv.

IFOV : XUX, O katv huv e g jahi ofie vjeplt vu vjot vjsief. Voni vu hiv vu xusl
Cz vji xez, ecuav Enepfe Judloph, upi ug vji vjopht tji teof vjev qisveopt 100% xovj getvmepi qjomutuqjz ONU ot "O vjuahjv vjot xet vji gopotj mopi, cav ov't jeqqipoph sohjv pux"

 

[Mano]

Eneboph edjoiwinipv, opfiif. Enepfe epf K E Lupsevj esi nz mevitv optqosevoupt ev Enebup Lopfmi.