How can you boycott the books of such a great writer? Do not hate such a classic guy!
JA Konrath signed with Thomas and Mercer. And a group of booksellers threaten to boycott and return some of his books. The problem is that the indie publishers are realizing that Amazon is making huge gains on their territory.
Keep in mind that JA Konrath has been wroking greatly with the booksellers. According to his own recollection, he does not consider himself the enemy they are portraying him to be. He has been very grateful to the booksellers. This is what he wrote on his own blog, "a Newbie's guide to publishing"
"So signing a deal with Amazon makes me the enemy of bookstores?
Me, who has signed at over 1200 bookstores? Who has thanked over 1500 booksellers by name in the acknowledgements of my novels? Who has named five major characters in my series after booksellers?"
So the author and co-author Joe want to make a deal to the Indie stores that they should not turn down.
"Between Joe and I, we have over twenty book-length works available. If you'd like to publish any of them and sell them out of your store, contact us. We'll give you an 85% royalty, send you our already formatted interiors and covers, and you can print and sell as many as you'd like. Or we can do the printing, and ship them to you signed, and give you the same 40% discount the major NY Publishers give you per book.
These are trade paperbacks, 9"x6", priced at $13.95.
Our titles include:
65 Proof (Collected Stories)
Shot of Tequila
Disturb
Trapped
Endurance
Origin
The List
Suckers
Jack Daniels Stories (Collected Stories)
Horror Stories (Collected Stories)
Flee
Draculas
Banana Hammock
Run
Desert Places
Locked Doors
Serial Uncut
Killers Uncut
Famous
Serial Killers Uncut
Fully Loaded (Collected Stories)
Thicker Than Blood"
Just like any writer, JA Konrath's goals are to write books that his fans want and to make a decent living doing so. Who can be against such a prolific writer?
By the way, here is a list of the books (novels) written by this great contemporary author: (Search on Google or Amazon with their ISBN)
Endurance (2010) - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn ISBN 1453885684
Trapped (2010) - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn ISBN 1453806024
Shaken (2010) - 7th in Jack Daniels series
Cherry Bomb (2009) - 6th in Jack Daniels series
Afraid (2008) - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn
Fuzzy Navel (2008) - 5th in Jack Daniels series ISBN 1401302807
Dirty Martini (2007) - 4th in Jack Daniels series ISBN 1401302793
Rusty Nail (2006) - 3rd in Jack Daniels series ISBN 140130088X
Bloody Mary (2005) - 2nd in Jack Daniels series ISBN 0786890746
Whiskey Sour (2004) - 1st in Jack Daniels series ISBN 078689072X
Find out more on the author's blog
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