In the case of Ragan, who actually sold over 250,000
ebooks in her first year of indie publication, the attention her books received in terms of sales led to a contract for her books to be published
by Thomas & Mercer, the mystery imprint of Amazon's
traditional publishing
house, Amazon Publishing.
Over a year ago,
traditional publishers like Harlequin made headlines and raised eyebrows
by announcing the formation of imprints within their publishing
houses that were dedicated to
ebook - only works; the benefit to these imprints was twofold.