‘Barry Eisler Walks Away From $500,000 Deal to Self-Pub’
In a recent interview, novelist Barry Eisler said he turned down a $500,000 book deal and decided to self-publish his work.
The revelation came in a 13,000-word interview with novelist Joe Konrath. Eisler last published with Ballantine Books, but his self-publishing experiment began with “The Lost Coast,” a $2.99 short story. Konrath quipped: ‘Barry Eisler Walks Away From $500,000 Deal to Self-Pub’ is going to be one for the Twitter Hall of Fame.”
Here’s an excerpt from the interview: “There’s a saying about the railroads: they thought they were in the railroad business, when in fact they were in the transportation business.
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