Karen McQuestion: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Did it wrong the last time--trying again! :) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Karen McQuestion is an American fiction writer who has written books for adults, children and teens. Most of her books include elements of humor or fantasy. Her books have sold over a half million copies and translation rights to her books have sold for Germany, Turkey, South Korea, and Poland. |
Karen McQuestion is an American fiction writer who has written books for adults, children and teens. Most of her books include elements of humor or fantasy. Her books have sold over a half million copies and translation rights to her books have sold for Germany, Turkey, South Korea, and Poland. |
||
McQuestion is an advocate of self-publishing. After selling 30,000 copies of her self-published books, she signed a contract with Amazon's first publishing imprint, [[AmazonEncore]] to re-release her novel[[ |
McQuestion is an advocate of self-publishing. After selling 30,000 copies of her self-published books, she signed a contract with Amazon's first publishing imprint, [[AmazonEncore]] to re-release her novel [['A Scattered Life'']]. McQuestion was the first author who self-published through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform to secure a movie deal. McQuestion later acknowledged that the option period for the movie deal had expired, and as of May 6, 2013, no information on a film version of ''A Scattered Life'' can be found on [http://IMDB.com IMDB]. <ref>{{cite web|last=Ward|first=Kate|title=Amazon Kindle's popularity fires up|url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2009/12/01/amazon-kindle-selling-big/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> |
||
<ref>{{cite web|title=Kindle Bestselling Author, Karen McQuestion on Her Movie Deal|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/kindle-bestselling-author-karen-mcquestion-on-her-movie-deal_b11586|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> |
<ref>{{cite web|title=Kindle Bestselling Author, Karen McQuestion on Her Movie Deal|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/kindle-bestselling-author-karen-mcquestion-on-her-movie-deal_b11586|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> |
||
<ref>{{cite web|last=McQuestion|first=Karen|title=KAREN MCQUESTION: THE SELF-PUBLISHING BESTSELLER ON ‘HOW I DID IT’|url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/self-published-bestselling-author-karen-mcquestion/|publisher=Kirkus|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> |
<ref>{{cite web|last=McQuestion|first=Karen|title=KAREN MCQUESTION: THE SELF-PUBLISHING BESTSELLER ON ‘HOW I DID IT’|url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/self-published-bestselling-author-karen-mcquestion/|publisher=Kirkus|accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> |
||
Revision as of 00:39, 7 May 2013
Karen McQuestion is an American fiction writer who has written books for adults, children and teens. Most of her books include elements of humor or fantasy. Her books have sold over a half million copies and translation rights to her books have sold for Germany, Turkey, South Korea, and Poland.
McQuestion is an advocate of self-publishing. After selling 30,000 copies of her self-published books, she signed a contract with Amazon's first publishing imprint, AmazonEncore to re-release her novel 'A Scattered Life''. McQuestion was the first author who self-published through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform to secure a movie deal. McQuestion later acknowledged that the option period for the movie deal had expired, and as of May 6, 2013, no information on a film version of A Scattered Life can be found on IMDB. [1] [2] [3]
References
- ^ Ward, Kate. "Amazon Kindle's popularity fires up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Kindle Bestselling Author, Karen McQuestion on Her Movie Deal". Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ McQuestion, Karen. "KAREN MCQUESTION: THE SELF-PUBLISHING BESTSELLER ON 'HOW I DID IT'". Kirkus. Retrieved 6 May 2013.