Amanda Hocking became a self-publishing multi-millionaire with her teen supernatural thrillers before bagging a $2M publishing contract with St. Self-published authors are increasingly landing on the NYT bestseller list and hog a fair share of Amazon’s top-20 list. Even The 4-Hour Workweek was rejected 20+ times before it got an offer.īut conventional publishing isn’t the only game in town anymore. Writers spend years in the wilderness accumulating rejections before finding a single buyer (advances usually start at $1,000 to $10,000). Getting a publishing contract has long been the first litmus test of a writer’s success.
The writing on the wall couldn’t be any clearer: the publishing world is changing fast. With roughly $300,000 in royalties per year, he already beat his publisher’s offer… Despite self-publishing his first story only two years ago, it appears he’s made the right decision. We asked Eisler for a current update, and he told us that this month (March 2013), he expects to sell 8,000 copies of his 10 self-published novels and stories, which are priced $1-5 each. “I know it’ll seem crazy to a lot of people, but based on what’s happening in the industry, and based on the kind of experience writers like you are having in self-publishing, I think I can do better in the long term on my own.” In a freewheeling discussion with self-publishing expert Joe Konrath, Eisler says: The surprise was that Eisler turned down the deal and decided to tackle self-publishing instead. Having conquered all that needs to be conquered in the world of commercial publishing, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Eisler’s publisher offered him $500,000 deal for a new two-book deal.
Readers love John Rain, so much so that they’ve landed Barry Eisler and seven of his John Rain books on the New York Times Bestseller list.
John Rain is the consummate anti-hero, a whiskey swilling, jazz-loving former CIA agent battling crippling paranoia as he adventures around the globe. Enter Ryan Buckley and Teamīarry Eisler writes thrillers about a half-Japanese, half-American freelance assassin named John Rain. I have added my own tools and recommendations after “TIM” throughout the piece. This is a guest post by Ryan Buckley and the team at Scripted. Who will be the JK Rowling of self-publishing? Better still: who will be the legions who make an extra $1,000-$1,000,000 per year? (Photo: The Telegraph, UK)
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