The Authors Who Love Amazon - The Atlantic

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was buffeted by clapping and cheering. Following all the hullabaloo took our brave kitty boy to the The Atlantic site. With a little digging he discovered a post about successful Amazon authors.

According to the post by Alana Semuels, while there may be authors who hate Amazon and it's selling practices, there are many more authors who love Amazon. The post leads off with the story of author Mike Omer. He began as an indie author using Amazon to publish his ebooks. When his sales figures caught the attention of Amazon, their publishing imprint Thomas&Mercer offered him a publishing contract. Omer's ebooks are available through Kindled Unlimited (KU) and his Thomas&Mercer book was available through the First Reads subscription service and Amazon's online store. All this has allowed Omer to become a full-time writer. The post includes interviews with full-time Amazon authors Samantha Christy, I.T. Lucas and Alexa Riley as well.

It's worth thinking about.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... If all these authors are making so much money with KU, maybe Mom and I better write something new and put it in KU to see what happens."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s  post. Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Amazon Kindle Unlimited

One Author In Defense Of Amazon

Who's a kitty to believe?

Panzer headed over to the Salon site today. He found an interesting post by author Neal Pollack about his experiences with Amazon. The post is strictly from the point of view of an author dealing with Amazon.

Mr. Pollack says he's published traditional (with the Big Five) novels and indie novels. He has now moved to Amazon's Thomas & Mercer publishers to do novels, novellas and novelettes.

Mr. Pollack doesn't understand all of the anti-Amazon rhetoric. He says as an author, all of his experiences with Amazon have been "fantastic." While he is not a bestselling author, they have supported his literary career by continuing to publish his work.

Panzer says, "Be warned: Like all the recent posts about Amazon, this is a very long post."

To read Neal Pollack's full post, tootle over to in defense of amazon