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While the big-wig publishing companies debate if there's significant money to be made from e-books and e-readers, entrepreneurial authors turned e-publishers are already making it. Some are even making a living, solely from the earnings of their e-books.

This last year brought changes from companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, allowing indie authors to really take off.

While it's always been free for self-publishers to upload their e-books to these stores, now they can receive a hefty 70% of the book's price tag for each sale. Compare this to traditionally published authors who must suffer middlemen taking cuts (royalties tend to be 10-25% with more falling at the lower end of the spectrum).

The sizable royalty these retailers are offering allow independent authors, who cut out all the middlemen, to price their works much lower than mainstream publishers. A new e-book from a traditional press may run $7.99 to $9.99 or more, while an indie can price his or her book at $2.99 and make over $2 per sale (which ends up being as much--or more--than the author going through a publisher).

While some readers may turn up their noses at indie authors, since many of these works haven't been professionally edited or backed by a "gatekeeper," others are ready and willing to give them a try. In our struggling economy, it doesn't hurt that these reads are often 1/3rd the price (or less) of traditionally published books.

So, which authors are making it, you wonder? Here are a few indies that are earning good money (over 1,000 book sales a month) by e-publishing their own work. (Source: JA Konrath's blog on self-publishing.)

JA Konrath -- author of numerous thrillers, including the Jack Daniels series
Suzanne Tyrpak -- writer of dark suspense
William Meikle -- penned a successful invasion-story science fiction novel
D.B. Henson -- indie whose thriller became a kindle blockbuster at Amazon
Maria Rachel Hooley -- writes edgy young adult fiction
Karen Cantwell -- contemporary mystery author
Tess Oliver -- young adult author who sprinkles in werewolves
David Derrico -- writes science fiction adventures and technothrillers
H.P. Mallory -- paranormal romance author
Ellen O'Connell -- author of historical romances
C.S. Marks -- Tolkien-inspired fantasy writer

If any of those genres interest you, look the authors up on Amazon!

One of the cool things this list shows is that authors are succeeding across a wide range of genres. The biggest thing these folks have in common are good books, solid editing, professional-looking covers, and a willingness to learn the ropes of marketing one's own work.

The author publishes the Kindle Geeks Blog, which is devoted to science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction e-books only a geek could love. She also writes fantasy novels of her own that are available for the kindle and other e-book readers.

Austin City Limits Festival Tickets- Austin City Limits Signals the End of Festival Season

Musical festival season is officially over, and it was a great one, wasn't? The season of music festivals, which began last spring with Coachella and was followed by a string of others with kooky names like Bonnaroo and Lollapallooza, has come to a close with Austin City Limits. The Texas festival marked the end of the 2008 music festival season and even though it took place in September, just as fall was beginning to creep in, the 90-degree Texas heat allowed for festival fans to break out the short shorts and bikini tops one more time.

Jenny Lewis, of Rilo Kiley fame, took the stage solo on Sept. 26, the first day of A.C.L., with a performance featuring tracks from her newest release, Acid Tongue, as well as songs from 2006's Rabbit Fur Coat while her newest fan, Bill Murray (yes, the Bill Murray) danced and sang along. While Lewis did her thing, Conor Oberst took the stage across the way with performances of "Danny Callahan" and "Milk Thistle" from his most recent eponymous album. Day One of A.C.L. also hosted the Mars Volta, N.E.R.D., the Swell Season and Vampire Weekend. Headliners Mars Volta delivered the psychedelic "The Widow" and "Goliath," while N.E.R.D. brought fans up on stage to dance along to "Lapdance" and a medley of "Everyone Nose" and "She Wants to Move" which featured the melody of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army. Zoey Deschanel, on a break from touring with M. Ward as She & Him, drew a crowd as a solo performer on the first day as well.

Day two featured headliner Beck with a shorter performance than expected, although fans still enjoyed his eclectic set list which spanned his career. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss performed "Killing the Blues" and "Gone Gone Gone" from last year's Raising Sand and Led Zeppelin fans received a treat in the form of "The Battle of Evermore." Spiritualized delivered one of Day Two's best performances with a set list harking from their past releases (playing only one song-"Soul on Fire"-from their recent album, Songs in A&E). Iron & Wine took the stage at dusk with a more upbeat performance than their usual fare; the set list included "Cinder & Smoke" and "Wolves," among other songs and a pregnant Erykah Badu sang "Healer" and Me" earlier on that day.

Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters closed This Year's A.C.L., with a performance featuring newer singles like "Let it Die" and "Long Road to Ruin" as well as a cover of the Who's "Young Man Blues" and old favorites like "Monkey Wrench." Rock'n'roll proved to be the pervading theme for the final day of A.C.L., as the Raconteurs, Against Me! and Band of Horses also played. Jack White and Brendan Benson shared vocal duties for the Raconteurs, who delivered "Steady As She Goes," "Level" and "Hold Up." Gillian Welch offered some more soothing sounds for fans in a set which featured guitarist David Rawlings and an appearance by Alison Krauss.

In October the television series for which serves as the inspiration for Austin City Limits kicks off its 34th season. With episodes with Gnarls Barkley, the Swell Season, Erykah Badu and R.E.M. in store, fans will already be thinking of when to purchase their Austin City Limits Festival tickets for next year.

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