Deletion of Tim Hampton (author)

Comment: From google, these are the http://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Tim+Hampton+%28author%29%22&num=50 sources for him and they are not independent  like a major newspaper. Likely fails  at present unfortunately
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:AUTHOR)

Comment: I did a search and was unable to find any coverage in independent and reliable sources to show that this author is ultimately notable. I see plenty of  sources such as press releases, as well as posts in blogs and such that Wikipedia wouldn't consider usable as a RS, but nothing that would show notability for the author. As an FYI to whomever added it to the article, merchant sources such as Amazon are considered to be unusable to show notability. Even when it's for interviews or actual site reviews (written by someone who works for the site and put in a separate section from the regular reviews), such things are considered to be somewhat suspect because it's always in the best interest of the merchant to promote their authors/product in a way that would promote sales. By that same token, listings of the book at Alibris do not count towards notability either and general customer reviews are never usable as sources. I'm tempted to remove them from the article on principle, but this is almost guaranteed to get deleted unless miraculous RS come out of nowhere. I doubt that will happen, though. It's just sort of the reality of indie and self publishing that the books tend to go largely unnoticed as far as mainstream stuff goes
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:PRIMARY)