Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss the story of Amanda Hocking, a 26 year old writer who was turned down by several publishers only to publish her work as e-books for Amazon Kindle earning her millions of dollars. On Facebook: www.facebook.com On Twitter: twitter.com TYT Mobile: bit.ly Subscribe: bit.ly www.theyoungturks.com Read Ana’s blog and subscribe at: www.examiner.com Read Cenk’s Blog: www.huffingtonpost.com
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What’s wrong with 26 years old?
Someone as lazy as me would have never gained a penny if someone wouldn’t have posted the method at ez-casino(dot)com. Now I earn. :p
Man, so she went to all those publishing houses and each one turned her down? Then she self-publishes and makes millions? Damn. Amanda Hocking for the win.
Success is the best revenge.
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I really don’t think its her fault they appear to place her in more videos than anyone else on the show as of late, perhaps she has adapted to try to just fit in with the new role better.
How Insipring, nobody has the right to tell you that you can’t do anything, and how to live your life.
Let the people decide, abso-fucking-lutely!
Do no harm, do what you love and always improve at it and you can’t lose.
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Only way to be rich as hell.
1st:you must be a jew
2nd:follow the illuminati path
3rd:you must worship the devil before you become rich n famous
4th:can’t be religious of christianity,catholic,islam,buddah,or muslim otherwise the illuminati will chase you and torture lik MJ or just kill you like 2pac. ;D
true fact guys dont fall for it…=)
@Lostfaith1980 Better would be if she laughed at all the PEOPLE who thought she wasn’t a “real writer” because she didn’t have a book deal.
Anyone else think Amadna was CHOSEN by some very powerful e-publishing types to become the poster child for the death of traditional publishing. I began publishing e-books in 1999,.and have made good money, but THIS goes beyond all reason. Even without her knowledge, they could have jacked up her sales, knowing full well the media would chime in with the “e-books are the future” stories. They’ve been the story for quite some time.
Hawkings… how do they work?
Yeah I wanna get started on my project, but I don’t know how to make a website, can’t afford hiring someone to do it, and my mates who know how are very busy at the moment. FML.
@PeteyPoison I would say she’s getting close. She pockets more from the sale of a $2.99 ebook than an author with a publishing house does from a $9.99 ebook. For an in depth look at the dollars and cents you should read “Amanda Hocking and the 99-Cent Kindle Millionaires”
Lol, I’m actually an aspiring writer… problem is, I want to write erotica… but I’m not even old enough to buy it yet 😀
OMG That’s so severely heartening, coming from an aspiring writer!
Happy for her.
Who here wants this writer to go back to every publisher she went to before personally and just leave a big cardboard sign in their lobbys just saying “This publisher rejected me, I’m now a millionare. SUCK IT BITCHES!” ^_^
Who needs to be graceful and tactful? Its all about rubbing their faces in it ^_^
This is actually really inspiring. I always wanted to be a writer. And this story is just like a big “fuck you” to the publishers. ^_^ Score!!
Hearing a story like this makes me think that maybe just maybe I could write for a living. Though I’m not stupid, I have alot to learn.
Story line of her books are pretty good. However, the grammatical errors are SUBSTANTIAL! I wouldn’t care but the grammatical errors are so common that they actually disturb the reading experience. I love the books but If you are getting rejected and you are gonna post them on kindle anyway edit your own freakin work!
@PeteyPoison No, what she says is that she didn’t just wake up with a million dollars in her bank account. She said it took years of work and hours each day.