Author, sell thyself

Last week, the book world saw a particularly symmetrical bit of revolving door ballet as Amanda Hocking -- who famously became a millionaire by selling a series of paranormal romance novels as self-published e-books -- signed a contract with an old-fashioned publishing house, while the bestselling thriller author Barry Eisler walked away from a similar deal, preferring to self-publish his next book.

• The New York Times on Amanda Hocking's book deal
• Barry Eisler tells Jason Pinter about deciding to self-publish his next novel
• Amanda Hocking's blog
• Catherine Cookson's agent announces the republication of Cookson's backlist for the Kindle

Laura Miller - Salon.com