Fifty Shades inspires authors to go digital

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New authors to go digital

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Abigail Gibbs started out writing fan fiction, and now has a book deal

Abigail Gibbs started out writing fan fiction, and now has a book deal

The success of the Fifty Shades trilogy is helping aspiring authors get book deals through publishing online.

Sky's Lucy Cotter spoke to one teenage writer hoping to follow in the footsteps of author E L James.

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18/09/2012 11:54:58 a.m.

Bruce wrote:

Since I wrote my book "A History Of LIfe On Earth", a geologic history of Earth and life on this planet. I had no intentions of traditionally publishing the Book. I opted instead to publishing as eBook format of amazon. Since then, my book has also been published on aggregate sites and been shipped to the Apple iBook store, Barnes and Noble and due for release in all other online retail sources. With the advent of ebook readers such as iPad, iPod, iPhone, Kindle reader, Sony ebook readers etc. Online publishing is the future of book distribution. As An author, I also enjoy total control of its distribution, promotions etc. publishing online is taking advantage of millions of potential readers, globally.