Aubrey Rose, an erotic romance author turned down a publishing deal by Amazon saying she could make a better living by publishing her own works.

Aubrey Rose found herself in an unlikely situation when she decided to turn down a publishing contract offered to her by Amazon.com. Rose, a self-published, erotic romance author had always dreamt of becoming a published writer. However, she turned down Amazon's publishing deal because they had offered her an advance that was less than her average one-month sale proceeds. According to the Rose's blog, she could make a better living publishing her own works.

Rose's book "Me, Cinderella?" was published by CreateSpace, a self-publishing organization in June 2014. The book was available on Amazon.com and through Barnes and Noble. An editor for Amazon's Montlake Press, which specializes in romance, spotted Rose's book calling it "very clean writing."

Rose was offered $5k, with 35% royalties, a post by the author on Reddit confirmed. She also wrote in her blog that the editor at Amazon couldn't guarantee anything about the book, right from price, marketing and even the cover. She noticed that most romantic novels published by Amazon had "the worst covers imaginable"

Amazon is stepping up its efforts to acquire rights to content. This week in the U.K., it bought world rights to two books, "A Day at the Office" and "What Might Have Been," from romantic comedy novelist Matt Dunn in a deal signed directly with the author. "A Day at the Office," originally self-published, had reached the top 10 in the Kindle book chart.