Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Check 'YES' if You Want to be My Friend

Browsing my morning emails and I come across one from Kindle Direct Publishing ... a newsletter of sorts ... and the first thing I see is: "John Locke Becomes the First Independently Published Author to Join the Kindle Million Club." Mr. Lock has sold 1,010,370 Kindle books ... well, that's as of this morning, could be up to 1,011,370 by now.  Over one million books ... holy shnikees!

Here's a quote from Mr. Lock: "Kindle Direct Publishing has provided an opportunity for independent authors to compete on a level playing field with the giants of the book selling industry ... Not only did KDP give me a chance, they helped at every turn. Quite simply, KDP is the greatest friend an author can have."

Hey, wait a minute ... I'm a Kindle author ... but, honestly, I don't think KDP knows I'm alive. So, my question is, how does one get to sit at the lunch table with the ultra-cool KDP gang?

12 comments:

  1. Wow. Over one million books. I can't even fathom selling that many books.

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  2. M.J.: I can't even fathom selling that many words.

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  3. No idea! I guess promote the snot out of your book.

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  4. Alex: Yeah, but how do you get the those cool KDP kids to help?

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  5. I'm just cynical enough to think he's not even real. Like Betty Crocker or Mr. Clean he's part of an elaborate mktg scheme to draw us, and our money, in to their bank accounts.

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  6. Memoirs: Well, I guess that would make me feel a little better ... I mean about the guy not being real ... but I still want to hang with the cool kids.

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  7. You probably get their attention by selling tens of thousands of books.

    And Christopher, you are one of the cool kids.

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  8. Gee thanks, Helen ... but how come I'm always sitting at the table with the geeks and nerds?

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  9. Uh, sorry Christopher. I happened to mention that we were cousins, so they relegated you to my table.

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  10. To sit with your tribe would be an honor, Helen ... I could be like the weird cuz that everyone is sure fell off the back of a circus wagon.

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  11. Oh my word! Were you called Tofu as a kid? I had a cousin named Christopher who disappeared one year on Halloween. I couldn't pronounce his name so I called him Tofu. He did fall off the back of a wagon, but it was a hayride wagon, not a circus wagon. Tofu!! Do you still have the wicked witch candy bag I lent you? Could you mail it to me?

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  12. Well, I was called many things as a kid ... I don't recall Tofu being one, but it would have comparatively nice ... anyway, most of my friends call me Chris ... but I won't tell you what my golfing buddies call me.

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