Self-Publishing Success Story - Author Sells 25,000 Books in 6 Months

Self-Publishing Success Story - Author Sells 25,000 Books in 6 Months: Claire Ridgway, a self-published author and history researcher, has had great success with her two Tudor history books, The Anne Boleyn Collection and The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown, selling over 25,000 copies since mid February 2012.

Smashwords: How Rachel Higginson Overcame Rejection From Traditional Publishing to Achieve Indie Ebook Success

Smashwords: How Rachel Higginson Overcame Rejection From Traditional Publishing to Achieve Indie Ebook Success: Independent author Rachel Higginson lives in Nebraska with her husband and four young children. A year ago, she was an unknown, unpublished writer with a growing pile of rejection slips from literary agents. Undeterred, she decided to self publish in early 2011.