Sentences with phrase «poster child for self»

«Wool» has quickly become a poster child for the self - publishing movement.

Amanda Hocking — who became the poster child for self - publishing on the Kindle after she made more than $ 2 million from a series of young - adult novels she wrote and published in the past year — signed a $ 2 - million deal earlier this year with St. Martin's Press, a unit of publishing giant Macmillan, to write a new series of young - adult novels (my colleague Cyndy Aleo wrote a series of posts recently based on her interviews with several young authors about the changes in the industry).

Not exact matches

Though Amazon, Kobo, and others may be speeding up the publication process, why is it that articles hailing the rise of self - publishing can only cite Hocking and Locke as their poster children for the trend?