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Self-Publishing Hall of Fame: Milo Yiannopoulos

On June 6, 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos’s latest title Dangerous Milo hit #1 on Amazon during its first day on sale. After his original publisher Simon & Schuster dropped the book due to controversy, Milo self-published the book under his own Dangerous Books imprint. Simon & Schuster dropped the book even though it had already receive over […]

YouTube Star Gets #1 Amazon Bestseller

In less than a week, British YouTube star Zoella (Zoe Sugg) sold over 75,000 copies of her first novel, Girl Online. At one point, it hit #1 on all of Amazon. As of Thursday, it ranked #73 in Amazon.com, including #1 for teens, dating and sex; #2 for teens, contemporary romance; and #2 for teens, […]

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Mark Coker: eBook Publishing Predictions for 2013

Mark Coker of Smashwords recently made the following predictions about ebooks and publishing for the upcoming year (2013). 1. Ebooks as a percentage of overall trade book sales in the US should hit 45%, up from what I’m estimating will probably be 30% in 2012. We’ll still continue to see ebooks take eyeballs from print […]