After a much heated debate with myself - I hate anything electronic - I have decided to embrace the 21st century.
As a reader I love 'real' books. I love the smell of them. I love the feel and weight of them in my hands. I love browsing through them in bookshops. I love the way I can flick through their pages. I love the ever-growing pile on the floor beside my bed. I love seeing all my 'friends' standing shoulder to shoulder on my many book shelves. If the day should ever come when books are extinct I will be bereft - probably mourn for the rest of my life.
However...
As a new writer trying to enter the world of publishing I can see that ebooks is the way to go. I have decided to make an anthology of my short stories available to purchase and download electronically, probably through Amazon.
I am still going to try and get my novel published in book from, but while I am working on Bathory I decided I might as well take every opportunity open to me to get my work in print, to get my name 'out there'. Who knows, I might make a bit of money too.
It will mean having to put my wip to one side for a short time while I re-edit my stories, but I think in the long run it will - hopefully - help to establish me as a writer.
Let me know what you think.....
Good luck and let us know how you get on.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you can ever know whether it's really going to work or not but it's worth a try. I will buy a copy.
ReplyDeleteJarmara ~ Thank you. I'll keep you posted. :)
ReplyDeleteCharles ~ Thanks Charles, a sale already! I'm quite excited about my little venture. :D
I'll buy one too! Now get back to writing. :)
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ReplyDeleteRick ~ Yay...two sales! :D
ReplyDeleteI think there will always be a place for real books - I feel about them just as you do - but while I don't have one (my husband does), I can see myself buying a Kindle for holidays if nothing else. Books are heavy!
ReplyDeleteVery good luck with your new venture.
Frances ~ I've been thinking along those lines too. I suppose a Kindle does have its uses!
ReplyDeleteThe problem with e-publishing is that there isn't one set standard. Too much proprietary bullshit. The best format (one that most e-readers refuse to comply with) is PDF. It's a shame that all e-readers aren't capable of using the Adobe Digital Editions platform. It's all about making money for the distributor; forget the writer.
ReplyDeleteI can't follow all the technical debate - too ignorant! - but I think there's a place for books and ebooks. At a recent talk to a book group the circle of readers were all clutching their copies of Cut Short apart from one guy who had his ereader out! I saw one of my books on an ereader for the first time. It was quite exciting for an old dodo like me to see it.
ReplyDeleteJR's thrumbprint ~ thanks for your comments...I just think ebooks are another way to get my name 'out there'
ReplyDeleteLeigh ~ I'm not too hot on all this new-fangled stuff either! Still...I'll give anything a go once. :D