, probably best known for his Jack Daniels police procedural series of novels and his horror fiction. Konrath has been in the public eye for at least a half dozen years now as an author, his first traditionally published novel having been

Since then Konrath has gone on to have about a half dozen novels published in print. He has also become known for his blog about publishing,

Konrath has also become known for being outspoken of his opinions concerning the publishing industry. On his blog he has stated “I love print publishers. But the traditional publishing industry is flawed, and I don't see any signs it will be fixed anytime soon.”

Those flaws seem to have driven him away entirely from traditional book publishers. Konrath has announced, after years of working with traditional publishers, he will now go it alone without the industry. Barring a handful of books he is contractually obligated to provide publishers, his future in publishing is now turning toward

. Konrath has announced his upcoming novels will be published electronically first on the Kindle and at

? Konrath claims to have sold nearly 47,000 ebooks through Amazon over the last 13 months, the best-selling of the lot being his novel

Konrath’s outspokenness on his own publishing venture, and his recent announcement of

sought opinions from literary agents concerning Konrath's actions and words ; some responses were negative while others not so much, but Konrath himself on his blog