Firlefanz
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Making Millions Through Kindle?
Well, admittedly, that million is a wild guess, but the fact remains that an independent author is selling hundreds of thousands of copies through Amazon's Kindle - and definitely making money that way:
This 26-Year-Old Is Making Millions Cutting Out Traditional Publishers With Amazon Kindle
Is that the way to go? Or just a one in a million piece of luck?
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2/28/2011, 7:48 pm
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Reythia
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
It makes a certain amount of sense that if you don't have to pay to phyiscally print the books, you should be able to sell them for cheaper and give a higher percentage of the earnings to the writer. Personally, I hate reading things on screen, be it a computer or a Kindle. But for people whose eyes don't bug out (and/or who don't spend the whole day on the computer at work), e-books seem like a really good idea.
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2/28/2011, 8:02 pm
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
It's certainly nice there is an alternative going for writers who don't have a publisher. 
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3/1/2011, 6:50 pm
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Firlefanz
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
Yes, and looking at that big Borders collapse and the likely demise of a few big publishers, self-publishing like this becomes much more attractive all of a sudden.
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3/1/2011, 8:14 pm
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
You even get to keep the copyrights yourself, right?
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3/2/2011, 9:19 am
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Firlefanz
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
Yes, of course. 
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3/2/2011, 1:13 pm
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Reythia
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
I still like paper books, though. They don't irritate my eyes when I stare at them for hours on end. And they smell nice.
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3/2/2011, 3:49 pm
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
quote:
Reythia wrote:
And they smell nice.
This is the most important thing.
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3/3/2011, 9:14 am
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Reythia
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
quote:
David Meadows wrote:
quote:
Reythia wrote:
And they smell nice.
This is the most important thing.
Definitely!
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3/3/2011, 3:15 pm
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Loud G
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And E-books don't look as nice on my book cases....
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3/3/2011, 4:22 pm
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David Meadows
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
Just as a matter of interest, do the same people who buy 'real' books also prefer to buy music on CD (and wish you could still get vinyl), or are you happy to have mp3s?
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3/4/2011, 8:53 am
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Loud G
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
I rather HAVE music on CD. I don't usually USE said CD (unless I take it in the car), but I like to have the physical item...
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3/4/2011, 2:02 pm
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Reythia
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
I tend to act as Loud G does, but I'm not against buying music online in mp3 format. As soon as I buy a CD, I rip it to my computer. But this way I've still got the hard copy, in case the machine crashes or something. (And the computer copy, in case I lose or damage the CD!)
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3/7/2011, 3:14 pm
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Firlefanz
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Re: Making Millions Through Kindle?
Here's a very rational blog post by Amanda Hocking herself, the one the first article was gushing about. I think it's very informative and shows the work behind such a success:
Some Things That Need to Be Said
I have no experience with ebooks, so I can't really say whether I like them or not. I think it would be convenient to have ebooks, but I will always enjoy curling up with a real paper one.
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3/7/2011, 5:26 pm
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