tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post8463714656519707413..comments2024-03-16T11:38:39.317-04:00Comments on Author Jean Davis: The ebook debate hits homeJean Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-23090896746353631032010-08-09T18:12:07.931-04:002010-08-09T18:12:07.931-04:00@Ms. Kitty - I did read about Dorchester Press. A ...@Ms. Kitty - I did read about Dorchester Press. A large farm animal is right! Wondefully put. ROFL!<br /><br />I hope you're doing well with your Kindle release!<br /><br />@Linda - Welcome! We can always use a psychic around here. :D I'll have to check out your blog post when I get a moment.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-81056699119655105832010-08-09T13:57:26.117-04:002010-08-09T13:57:26.117-04:00Things are definitely changing in the world of pub...Things are definitely changing in the world of publishing. Amazon is the biggest factor in my opinion. What Jeff Bezos has created with Amazon is rather amazing when one thinks about what he has done in a little over a decade. I buy all my books at Amazon and only now and then at barnesandnoble.com I rarely go into a bookstore. <br /><br />But I am an author and am delighted with the Amazon Kindle program – and the 70% royalty and now sales also in the UK. I am also expanding my ebooks to all other applications such as iPad, through smashwords.com . I am now using Amazons' createspace for PODs.<br /><br />I have been publishing POD and ebooks for ten years. For me, it all began with putting a number of my late husband Don Pendleton's books back in print (POD) and also offering them as electronic books. <br /><br />Ten or twelve years ago I believed ebooks were going to be popular as technology improved. Psychic? (I have been known to be LOL ) Did I, or do I believe that ebooks will do away with paper books? No, but the self-publishing and ebook debate is getting hotter every day. Along with the publishing changes by authors, and by publishers, there is a domino effect which I blogged about last night. I've done several blog posts about the choices authors now have--changes that many of us are pleased with. <br /><br /><br />"Shattered Lens: Catherine Winter, Private Investigator" by Linda PendletonLinda Pendletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333787752335329007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-30323290319319430192010-08-08T19:28:11.831-04:002010-08-08T19:28:11.831-04:00IMHO - Amazon.com as a paper book seller is the re...IMHO - Amazon.com as a paper book seller is the reason that so many bookstores are closing. Their impact on the big chains is equally devastating as on the little stores. <br /><br />But looking down the road - I can see where an independent bookstore that supports e-books could be a viable business. <br /><br />It would repair computers, sell used books and some Indie books, coffee and cookies. Half the time would be teaching people to use their technology. Classes for seniors and so forth. It could be two or three years down the road, but I think it would work out. <br /><br />Still my opinion - e-books are a niche market. A growing market, but still pretty small. Maybe as more writers put their backlists up it will get better. But right now the most you can get is new books. If I could get a collection of say - Andre Norton it would make my day!<br /><br />As we speak my mother is laying on the couch, with her Sony e-reader, gleefully reading Grishom. Since her cataract surgery she has an awful time reading print. Sony lets her read the latest and a bunch of out of copyright books.<br /><br />My Nook is powered up and waiting for me to finish reading Tarzan of the Apes. (Can you say Racist? Hoo boy! The book is 100 years old, and it is SO dated.) I have Sherlock Holmes as well. This is all old stuff - I'm waiting for some serious backlist before I get rid of my p-books.<br /><br />Just my $.02.<br /><br />Sorry about your bookstore. <br /><br />That is a shame. <br /><br />Kat<br /><br />PS. My novel 'Let's Do Lunch' is out on Kindle. I'm scrambling to get the paranormal finished so I can market it to trade Publishers. We'll see what happens. Did you read about Dorchester Press? They went PoD and SB/TB (Smart Bitches) are having a large farm animal. <br /><br />Fun stuff!K. A. Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020119815910396933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-80097479969285702252010-08-03T14:28:46.000-04:002010-08-03T14:28:46.000-04:00I sympathize completely! We used to have a couple ...I sympathize completely! We used to have a couple of used bookstores here in my tiny town and then three the next county over. We never had name-brand stores, but they all offered a pretty good selection. Now we have only one in town and one in the next county. (And it's a Christian bookstore. They have nice stuff, but if you're looking for Lord of the Flies or Terry Pratchett, you're out of luck.) The bookstore in the town where I live has a great selection and the owner is more than willing to order books for you, so I stop by there a lot. (She's fun to talk to, as well. :D) The library where I work also has frequent book sales, so I stay well-supplied in books, but I really wish we had a bigger book store nearby. *cries*<br /><br />I have played with someone else's e-reader and I didn't care for it. My biggest deal is I have horrible eye sight and that electronic screen is murder on my eyeballs. I also like holding books in my hand, but I don't think they're going to put bookstores out of business. As you say, there'll always be a demand for them. :)zellakatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466934007546605691noreply@blogger.com