Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Amazon Publishing Authors

Purpose:  To keep track which authors have signed with Amazon Publishing for at least 1 book.  Most of these authors still self-published or traditionally published their other works.

In alphabetical order
Not a complete list

May 22:

Thomas & Mercer:  163 results
AmazonEncore: 154 results
AmazonCrossing: 69 results
47North: 53 results
Montlake: 40 results

Total: 479 results


June 22:


Thomas & Mercer:  186 results (+23)
AmazonEncore: 155 results (+1)
AmazonCrossing: 74 results (+5)
47North: 55 results (+2)
Montlake: 51 results (+11)

Total: 521 results






AmazonEncore
  1. Tim Anderson
  2. D.M. Annechino
  3. John Auerbach
  4. Anna Badkhen
  5. Josh Barkan
  6. Raymond Bean
  7. Delores Dochterman Benson
  8. Karen Blomain
  9. Brett Blumenthal
  10. Kay Bratt
  11. Helen Bryan
  12. Jamie Lynn Braziel
  13. Audrey Braun
  14. Jr. Lynmar Brock
  15. Dallas Clayton
  16. John J. Clayton
  17. Tom Coffey
  18. Bobby Cole 
  19. Max Allan Collins
  20.  Aric Davis
  21. Vincent Desjardins
  22. Frederick Dillen
  23. Tyler Dilts
  24. Renee Dodd
  25. Samantha Dunn
  26. Uyen Nicole Duong
  27. Zetta Elliott
  28. Rhian Ellis
  29. Laurie Fabiano
  30. Lia Fairchild
  31. Andrew Xia Fukuda
  32. Jim Fusilli
  33. Sarah Girrell
  34. Donald Harington
  35. Christopher Herz 
  36. Janie Hibler
  37. Richard Hine
  38. Sarah Collins Honenberger
  39. Francine Thomas Howard
  40. Clair Huffaker
  41. R.J. Keller
  42. G. Bruce Knecht
  43. J.A. Konrath
  44. Eric Kraft
  45. Robert Kroese
  46. Rex Kusler
  47. Craig Lancaster
  48. Stephen Leather
  49. Robin Lippincott
  50. Kathleen Long
  51. Elisa Lorello
  52. Christina McKenna
  53. Karen McQuestion
  54. David Miller
  55. John J. Miller
  56. Raymond Miller
  57. Shaun Morey
  58. Maria Murnane
  59. Jean Naggar
  60. Nick Nolan
  61. Naveed Noori
  62. Albert Noyer
  63. Nancy Pearl
  64. Steffan Piper
  65. James Polster
  66. Ryan Quinn
  67. Naomi Ragen
  68. John Rector
  69. Deborah Reed
  70. Paul Reid
  71. Daniel Rogov
  72. Daphne Rooke
  73. Emily Rubin
  74. Elizabeth Savage
  75. Laurel Saville
  76. Johnny Shaw
  77. Ami Silber
  78. Helen Smith
  79. J. Gregory Smith
  80. Harold Taw
  81. Diane Thomas
  82. David A. Turrill
  83. Blair S. Walker
  84. Lyla Blake Ward
  85. Anthony Weller
  86. Crystal Wilkinson
  87. Charlie Williams
  88. Darryl Wimberley
  89. Shira Wolosky
  90. Chayym Zeldis
  91. Justin Luke Zirilli




Thomas & Mercer
  1. Ania Ahlborn
  2. D.M. Annechino
  3. J. Carson Black
  4. Audrey Braun
  5. J.C. Carleson
  6. Sean Chercover
  7. Max Allan Collins
  8. Blake Crouch
  9. Kiana Davenport
  10. Nelson DeMille
  11. Aaron Elkins
  12. Charlotte Elkins
  13. Barry Eisler
  14. G.M. Ford
  15. Stephen Frey
  16. Bob Garfield
  17. Lee Goldberg
  18. C.E. Grundler
  19. Jude Hardin
  20. A.J. Hartley
  21. David Hewson
  22. Traci Hohenstein 
  23. Alan Hruska
  24. Patrick Kendrick
  25. J. A. Konrath
  26. Rex Kusler
  27. David T Lender
  28. Dan Mayland
  29. Ed McBain*** (47 books from 87th Precint to be republished by Amazon)
  30. Joanie McDonell
  31. Jeffrey Miller
  32. Kyle Mills
  33. Shaun Morey
  34. Scott Nicholson
  35. Robert Pobi
  36. Neal Pollack
  37. Eyre Price
  38. TR Ragan
  39. John Rector
  40. S.G. Redling
  41. Annette Sandoval 
  42. Tom Schreck
  43. Johnny Shaw
  44. Karin Slaughter
  45. J. Gregory Smith
  46. Jay Stringer
  47. Michael Wallace
  48. Frank Wheeler Jr.
  49. Vincent Zandri
  50. Thomas Zigal 





Montlake Romance
  1. C.J. Archer
  2. Connie Brockway
  3. Coreene Callahan
  4. Jennifer Edlund
  5. Kendra Elliot
  6. J.T. Geissinger
  7. Alexis Harrington
  8. Debra Holland
  9. Delle Jacobs
  10. Laura Landon
  11. Melinda Leigh
  12. Trish McCallan
  13. Leigh Michaels
  14. Julie Ortolon
  15. Robin Perini
  16. Susannah Sandlin
  17. Norah Wilson
  18. Laurin Wittig




47North
  1. Ania Ahlborn
  2. Erik Bear
  3. Greg Bear
  4. Christian Cantrell
  5. Bill Crider
  6. Evan Currie
  7. James Daniels
  8. Aric Davis
  9. Arwen Elys Dayton
  10. Dave Duncan
  11. Lee Goldberg
  12. Katherine Amt Hanna
  13. Jude Hardin
  14. Lisa Klink
  15. B.V. Larson
  16. Stephen Leather
  17. Stant Litore
  18. David McAfee
  19. Richard Phillips
  20. James Polster
  21. Megan Powell
  22. William Rabkin
  23. James Reasoner
  24. Chris Roberson
  25. Harry Shannon
  26. Neal Stephenson
  27. Mark Teppo
  28. Roberta Trahan


AmazonCrossing (author and translator)


  1. Peter Adolphsen and Charlotte Barslund
  2. Paul Alexander and Rosario Camacho-Koppel
  3. Dörthe Binkert and Lesley Schuldt
  4. Janine Boissard
  5. Giannina Braschi and Tess O'Dwyer 
  6. Oliver Broudy and Inés Elvira Rocha
  7. Bernadette Calonego and Gerald Chapple
  8. Natalia Carrero 
  9. Vilborg Davidsdottir and Alda Sigmundsdottir
  10. Frank Delaney and Cecilia Molinari 
  11. Kristina Dunker and Margot Bettauer Dembo
  12. Emunah Elon and David Hazony 
  13. Wolfram Fleischhauer
  14. Katia Fox and Lee Chadeayne
  15. Rebecca Gable and Lee Chadeayne
  16. Andrei Gelasimov and Marian Schwartz
  17. Amir Gutfreund
  18. F.G. Haghenbeck
  19. Hallgrimur Helgason
  20. Thore D. Hansen
  21. Dora Heldt and Jamie Lee Searle
  22. Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson and Brian FitzGibbon
  23. Sergei Kostin, Eric Raynaud, Richard V. Allen and Catherine Cauvin-Higgins
  24. Alexandra Lapierre and Jane Lizop
  25. Perihan Magden and Ruth Whitehouse
  26. Thomas Meinecke, Daniel Bowles and Danny Bowles
  27. Tierno Monénembo and Nicholas Elliott
  28. Rosa Montero
  29. Audur Ava Olafsdottir and Brian FitzGibbon
  30. Susan Orlean and Santiago Ochoa
  31. Steven Poser and Alejandra Arango
  32. Oliver Pötzsch and Lee Chadeayne
  33. Jutta Profijt and Erik J. Macki
  34. Martín Redrado
  35. Rusalka Reh and Katy Derbyshire
  36. Arni Thorarinsson and Anna Yates
  37. Juan Valera and Kenneth Evan Barger
  38. Zhu Xiao-Mei and Ellen Hinsey
  39. Oksana Zabuzhko and Halyna Hryn
  40. Lin Zhe and George A. Fowler


Amazon Publishing New York

  1. Ben Anastas
  2. Kerry Bodine
  3. Billy Ray Cyrus
  4. Timothy Ferriss
  5. Harley Manning
  6. Penny Marshall
  7. Jessica Valenti
  8. Will Wiles
  9. Liao Yiwu















JA Marlow did pricing analysis of Amazon Publishing books here.  Highly recommended if you are curious what Amazon is pricing its own books.

http://jamarlow.com/2012/04/amazon-47north-pricing-analysis/










My other projects:

Self-Publishing Success Stories (authors who have sold more than 50,000 self-published ebooks)


    The "200,000+ self-published ebooks sold" clubs:

    1. Amanda Hocking - 1,500,000 ebooks sold (December 2011)
    2. Barbara Freethy - 1.3 million self-published ebooks sold (Dec 2011)
    3. John Lockemore than 1,100,000 eBooks sold in five months
    4. Gemma Halliday - over 1 million self-published ebooks sold (March 2012)
    5. Michael Prescott - more than 800,000 self-published ebooks sold (Dec 2011)
    6. Chris Culver - over 550,000 (Dec 2011)
    7. Heather Killough-Walden - over 500,000 books sold (Dec 2011)
    8. Selena Kitt - "With half a million ebooks sold in 2011 alone"
    9. J.A. Konrath - more than 500,000 ebooks sold (November 2011) 
    10. Stephen Leather - close to 500,000 books sold (Nov 2011)
    11. CJ Lyons - almost 500,000 ebooks sold (Dec 2011)
    12. J.R. Rain - more than 400,000 books sold (Sept 2011)
    13. Darcie Chan more than 400,000 ebooks sold (Nov 2011)
    14. Bob Mayer - 347 sold in Jan to over 400,000 total sold by year's end (Dec 2011)
    15. Bella Andre - more than 400,000 books sold (Feb 2012)
    16. Tina Folsom - over 300,000 books sold (October 2011)
    17. J Carson Black - more than 300,000 books sold (November 2011)
    18. B.V. Larson - over 250,000 books sold (Dec 2011)
    19. Kerry Wilkinson - more than 250,000 books sold (Feb 2012)
    20. T.R. Ragan - 239,592 books sold (March 2012)
    21. H.P. Mallory - more than 200,000 ebooks sold (July 2011)
    22. Marie Force - more than 200,000 sold in the last year (March 2012)

The full list currently has 125 authors who have sold more than 50,000 self-published ebooks.


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