Author Publishing His Own Success

Author Publishing His Own Success
By Ben Dunsmoor

Publishing a book can be as easy as uploading a few files.

Sioux Falls author Andy Traub has done it and has already sold thousands of digital copies of his book ‘Early to Rise.’

Thanks to the popularity of e-books an author no longer need to convince a publisher to put their book on the shelves. Traub’s book has already received reviews worldwide after he published it himself on Amazon.

“You have to pick yourself. Don’t wait for a publisher to come by and say you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, you have enough experience and you’re from the right city or state. Pick yourself,” Traub said.

That’s exactly what Traub did with ‘Early To Rise.’ He wrote it, designed a cover, and then uploaded it to Amazon in January. Since then, he’s sold six-thousand copies, netted $30,000 and wrote his family out of debt….Read More

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Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich

Book of the Week: Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
Janet Evanovich (Author)

After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton’s premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it’s on Stephanie to track down the con man. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff’s lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it’s hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case.

The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money—or maybe just desperate—Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again—a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid’s dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she’ll have to remember: No guts, no glory. . . .

Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
Janet Evanovich (Author)

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