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Re: Publish On Demand with Booklocker / Writer's Digest
Subject:Re: Publish On Demand with Booklocker / Writer's Digest From:"Gary Robinson" <GXR -at- ddpmi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:51:59 -0500
I know of another example of self-publishing leading to a best seller. I live in a small village whose local hero is Tom Grace, author of popular techno-thrillers (_Spyder Web_, _Quantum Web_). Grace self-published _Spyder Web_ and then it was picked up by Warner. He now has a 3 book deal with Warner for large money.
Self-publishing is something different, and there is the example of this
Yale professor who published himself a book about the history of graphs, and it became a bestseller. I can't find the reference for this book, I've seen
it about 17 years ago, and it really was a beautiful and interesting book.
Alexander Hellemans
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