Our big, bad digital era's been caught red-handed
overturning media industry business models before, so it comes as no surprise that publishing houses have a
new headache on-hand. Straight outta sunny Seattle comes word that Amazon has welcomed its first
self-published author to the "Kindle Million Club."
John Locke (so
this is where he wound up after going to that quasi-'heaven') is the lucky dude who gets to claim the prize, and that's not all -- Mr. independent-author-from-Kentucky now shares bold-face status with the likes of Stieg Larsson and Nora Roberts. By churning out action / adventure novels on the $0.99 cheap and making heavy use of some leggy lady models, Locke easily blew past the one million mark, and even has a book to tell you how he did it. Take
that evil publishing overlords. Hit the break for Amazon's official PR spiel.
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