Novelist Polly Courtney dumps HarperCollins to return to self-publishing

Polly Courtney goes back to self-publishing

The beauty of living in America and having options.  If there wasn't a sign of the development and successes behind self-publishing your book, there is one now.

"Novelist Polly Courtney has dropped her publisher HarperCollins for giving her books “condescending and fluffy” covers aimed at the chick lit market.
Courtney self-published Golden Handcuffs, a fictional exposé of life in the City, in 2006 after quitting her job as an investment banker, following it up in 2008 with Poles Apart, about an ambitious Polish graduate who moves to London. Their success helped land her a three-book deal with HarperCollins imprint Avon, but at the launch of the third book, It’s A Man’s World, she announced that she would not be working with the publisher again.
Instead, she is planning to return to the world of self-publishing."

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Power shifting in the e-book wars...who to win?

Great image from GIGAom. Could you image?!

GIGAom had a fantastic article the other day written by Matthew Ingram.  He discuss the tug of war, so to speak, currently underway between traditional publishers, self-publishers, and e-books in general.  This is a topic that will be discuss ad nauseum...until everyone comes to the understanding that innovation is not only key to development, but something that's beyond everyone's control.

"...the traditional book-publishing business continues to be disrupted, with some self-published authors such as Amanda Hocking making millions of dollars without using a traditional agent or publisher, by selling their own books through Amazon’s Kindle platform. In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self-published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power."

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Self-Publishing Book Expo will return in October

Good News!

The Self-Publishing Book Expo, an annual conference for self-published authors, publishers and suppliers, returns to New York City for its third year on Saturday, October 22nd

at the Sheraton New York Hotel, 811 Seventh Avenue@53rd Street New York City

The SPBE will bring together more than 500 participants from all across the country for an informational day of panels and seminars. This year the Expo is proud to have Award-winning Publisher Dan Poynter as our Keynote Speaker.

Open to the public, the exhibit hall houses authors and companies featuring and promoting their books and services.

Visit selfpubbookexpo.com for more information.