Amanda Hocking

Is This Writer the Next Amanda Hocking?

Nina Lassam | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Salem Witch Trials, Paranormal, Publisher's Weekly, Ebooks, Self-Publishing, Amanda Hocking, Books News

Rather than post one of her already completed works, Geragotelis opted to write a brand new story that appealed to what her target audience was currently reading: paranormal dramas with young woman protagonists.

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Timothy Mo Is Missing: Thoughts on SOPA, Creativity, and True Fans

Daniel Ben-Horin | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Small Press, Kevin Kelly, Chatto & Windus, Sopa, André Deutsch, Amanda Hocking, Booker Prize, 1000 True Fans, Timothy Mo, Technology News

imothy Mo set up Paddleless Press in the pre-web mid-Nineties. Today, with a database of his existing readers and SEO-savvy marketing techniques, he'd have a better chance.

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Self-Published Author Amanda Hocking Sells Over 1 Million e-books

Mary Pauline Lowry | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property Group, St. Martin's, Kindle Million Club, Amanda Hocking, Self Publishing, Amanda Hocking Self Published, Amanda Hocking E-Books, Books News

Perhaps what "terrifies" publishers about Hocking is what she represents: a future in publishing in which writers have more agency over their work; and agents and editors no longer stand as gatekeepers between books and their audiences.

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Art and Adventure: A Manifesto for Women and Grrrls

Mary Pauline Lowry | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Odysseus, The Odyssey, Bikini Kill, Amanda Hocking, Kathleen Hanna, Legends of the Fall, Twilight, Nicki Minaj, Ani DiFranco, Mary Pauline Lowry, Shauna Cross, Mary Lowry, The Alchemist, Paul Coelho, Righteous Babe Records, Women News

We as women and girls can't just demand more interesting and engaging female characters. We have waited too long already. We have to write the books and -- if necessary -- publish them ourselves.

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Evidence That Publishing Isn't Dying After All?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, eBook Publishing, Columbia University, Amanda Hocking, Columbia Publishing Course, Books News

FOR decades, even after it was renamed and relocated from its original home at Radcliffe, the Columbia Publishing Course seemed unchanging, a genteel ...

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Cherish The Book Publishers—You'll Miss Them When They're Gone

wsj.com | ERIC FELTEN | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Publishing, Book Publishing, Kindle, Amanda Hocking, Self Publishing, Amazon Kindle, St. Martin's Press, Big 6, Ebooks, Books News

The Klondikers of digital publishing are rushing to stake their claims, inspired by tales of the gold to be found in the Kindle hills. A few pioneerin...

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PHOTOS Heroes Of Self-Publishing: The New Breed Of Indie Authors That Made It Big

Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Authors, J.K. Rowling, Book Publishing, Stephen King, Amanda Hocking, J.A. Konrath, Self-Publishing, John Locke, Heroes of Self-Publishing, Stephen Leather, Self-Published Authors, Barry Eisler, Video, Books News

"I took the [road less] traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Yes, self-publishing for Amanda Hocking and John Locke was the road less t...

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Indie-Books: 5 Steps To Finding The Best Before Your Friends Or Big Publishers Do (PHOTOS)

Amy Edelman | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: John Locke, Self-Publishing, Slidepollajax, Self-Published Authors, Barry Eisler, Indie Reader, Amanda Hocking, Traditional Publishing, Authors, Book Publishing, Books News

These are the people who helped move indie films from the art house to the Oscars. These are people who take pride in being the ones to discover--and pass along--the newest indie film, garage band and self-published book.

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Amanda Hocking Gets The Times Magazine Treatment

nytimes.com | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: New York Times, Self Publishing, Hallowland, My Blood Approves, Amanda Hocking, New York Times Magazine, Books News

Amanda Hocking, the star of self-publishing, was sitting in the front seat of her Ford Escape earlier this spring when she spotted a messenger deliver...

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The Case For Self-Publishing

nytimes.com | NEAL POLLACK | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Stephen King, Amanda Hocking, Self-Publishing, The Plant, Writer's Digest, Barry Eisler, The Perilous Life of Boris B. Gursky, Books News

Many thousands of years ago, when I was still a whelpish newspaper reporter in Chicago, I did a short profile of a retired television repairman who’...

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New Ridiculous French Regulation For eBooks

sfgate.com | Pascal | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Price Control Ebooks, Book Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Amanda Hocking, France, Kindle, French Regulation Ebooks, Ebooks, Books News

Yesterday a French parliamentary committee voted unanimously (!) to impose a unique price on eBooks sold in France, even if they're sold from outside ...

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UPDATED: Amanda Hocking Signs Four-Book Deal With St. Martin's Press

AP | By TARA BANNOW | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, St. Martin's, Amanda Hocking, St. Martins, Harpercolllins, Self Publishing, Random House, St. Martin's Press, Amanda Hocking Book Deal, Books News

AUSTIN, Minn. -- For more than five years, Amanda Hocking spent her days tending to disabled adults, making their meals and cleaning up after them. Wh...

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The Heroes Of Self-Publishing: Authors Who Made History Without A Publisher (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Bestsellers, Virginia Woolf, Stephen King, Amanda Hocking, E.B. White, Self Publishing, Beatrix Potter, Ezra Pound, Benjamin Franklin, Heroes of Self Publishing, Books News

Self-publishing hero Amanda Hocking's extreme success earning her $2 million turns out not to be the only case. The world's literature is filled with ...

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The Author Uprising Against Big Publishing

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: eBook Publishing, Book Publishing, Future of Books, Amanda Hocking, Self-Publishing, Ebooks, Ereaders, Nook, Ibooks, Indiie Books, Author Rebellion, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Authors, Apple, Kobo, Indie Authors, Books News

At the heart of every revolution is a loss of faith in the prevailing regime. And a revolution is brewing that will topple Big Publishing as we know it.

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WATCH: Rejected By New York Publishers, Amanda Hocking Makes Millions From eBook Sales

Posted 05.25.2011

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Unknown, living paycheck to paycheck in Austin, Minnesota, rejected by publishers all over New York, Amanda Hocking decided to self-publish on ebook p...

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No Stigma for Self-Published e-Books - Just Sales!

Arielle Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Bestsellers, Book Publicity, Book Publishing, Self-Published Books, USA Today, Amanda Hocking, Arielle Ford, Self-Publishing, Book Promotion, Books News

There was a time when having a self-published book meant you were not good enough to have a real book - or at least that was the perception. Many aut...

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Meet Mega Bestselling Indie Heroine Amanda Hocking

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sony eReader, Kindle, J.A. Konrath, Amanda Hocking, Barnes and Noble Nook, Self-Publishing, Bestselling Books, Book Marketing, Online Book Publicity, Pubit, Karen McQuestion, Smashwords, Indie Authors, Bestselling Authors, Amazon, Ipad, Ebooks, Books News

Amanda Hocking is really something of a wunderkind. At only 26 years old, the Minnesota native has written a total of 17 novels. Since self-publishing...

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