Crime writer hits killer 1m sales - with no publisher
When literary agents rejected Sheila Rodgers's first novel in 2011, the 62-year-old published it herself using the pen name Rachel Abbott. Last week she learnt that it and its two self-published sequels had together sold a million copies through Amazon's Kindle store. Rodgers is outselling...
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| Published in: | Sunday times (London, England : 1931) England : 1931), 2015-02, p.9-9 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | When literary agents rejected Sheila Rodgers's first novel in 2011, the 62-year-old published it herself using the pen name Rachel Abbott. Last week she learnt that it and its two self-published sequels had together sold a million copies through Amazon's Kindle store. Rodgers is outselling many well-known authors though she never thought of writing a book until 2010. Writing is her third successful career. Her experience reflects how self-publishing has undergone a revolution in the past few years but her sales figures are remarkable: sales of 3,000 are generally enough to attract the interest of publishers. (Quotes from original text) |
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| ISSN: | 0956-1382 |