John Locke (author)
John Locke is a writer of crime fiction and the first man to sell over a million self-published digital books in Amazon.com.[1] He was born in an unspecified municipality of Puerto Rico to a Canadian military father and an American mother.[2] He is the author of several e-book novels. His works are predominantly published electronically by Telemachus Press, a work-for-hire author services company.[3] One early work was published by iUniverse.
In August 2012, The New York Times revealed that John Locke had paid an online service to write reviews of his books, in order to artificially boost sales.[4]
Donovan Creed novels
Donovan Creed,[5] the main character of the Lethal series, is a former CIA assassin.[6]
- Lethal People (2010) (Telemachus Press)
- Lethal Experiment (2010) (Telemachus Press)
- Saving Rachel (2010) (Telemachus Press) *NY Times Best Seller
- Now & Then (2010) (Telemachus Press)
- Wish List (2010) (Telemachus Press) (also mass market print edition, self-published from Locke Press, scheduled for 2012)[7]
- A Girl Like You (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Vegas Moon (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- The Love You Crave (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Maybe (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Callie's Last Dance (2012) (Telemachus Press)
Emmett Love Western novels
- Follow the Stone (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Don't Poke the Bear (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Emmett & Gentry (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Goodbye, Enorma (2013) (Telemachus Press)
Other works
Novels
- Call Me! (2011) (Telemachus Press)
- Promise You Won't Tell! (2012) (Telemachus Press)
- Bad Doctor (2012) (Telemachus Press)
- BOX (2012) (Telemachus Press)
- Kill Jill (2012) (Telemachus Press)
Nonfiction
- "How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in Five Months (2011)[8]
Sales
Locke's novels are priced as low as $0.99, significantly below the standard prices for e-book editions of works from established authors of print books.[9][10] On June 20, 2011, John Locke became the first independently published author to sell over 1 million Kindle books using Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform, having sold 1,010,370 Kindle books. [11] Locke has conducted a reader poll to determine whether he would publish a particular work which he gave a synopsis for. The decision was not to publish the work.[12] Simon & Schuster has signed to publish his works in print format.[13]
References
- ^ Noticel™
- ^ Words to Sell By | Sept/Oct 2011 | Magazine | SellingPower
- ^ Telemachus Press | Your Digital Private Press Publisher
- ^ "The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy". The New York Times. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ "Amazon Kindle page for John Locke". Retrieved July 13, 2011.
- ^ Amazon.com: Lethal People: A Donovan Creed Crime Novel (9781440151712): John Locke: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Wish List (9781937656003): John Locke: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months (9781935670919): John Locke: Books
- ^ Self-Publishing: Success Story of John Locke
- ^ "The Best-Selling Books of 2011: Customer Favorites", Amazon.com
- ^ Amazon Media Room: Press Releases
- ^ "I Love You". DonovanCreed.com. November 23, 2011.
- ^ Bosman, Julie (August 22, 2011). "E-Book Author Signs Print Deal With Simon & Schuster". The New York Times.