tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post3361993149589209473..comments2024-01-17T06:16:35.444-08:00Comments on The Amoveo Series: Paranormal Romance of a Different Breed: Ebooks or Print?Sara Humphreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10225281337599318528noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-49891032748426796862009-03-20T10:08:00.000-07:002009-03-20T10:08:00.000-07:00I don't read e-books because I need to have the pr...I don't read e-books because I need to have the printed sheet in front of me. I get headaches if I look at a monitor screen for too long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-87235323576891987832009-03-10T23:40:00.000-07:002009-03-10T23:40:00.000-07:00What a perfect post for Read-an-ebook-Week!I actua...What a perfect post for <A HREF="www.ebookweek.com/" REL="nofollow">Read-an-ebook-Week</A>!<BR/><BR/>I actually prefer e-books--and I don't even own a reader yet! <BR/><BR/>Um, yeah, not sure what's up with that <I><B>yet</B></I>. Maybe I should have said <I><B>still</B></I>? As in, "I've been epubbed for SIX years and I <I>still</I> don't own a reader."<BR/><BR/>Although I am positively drooling over the new Kindle.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, other than the tub issue--I'd have to be really confident that ziplock bag didn't have any holes--and the possibility of a huge, apocalyptic, global catastrophe knocking out electrical power forever, I can't think of a single benefit of paper over digital.<BR/><BR/>And, just like Savanna said, I've been finding, more and more often, that I just prefer the stories. Epubs take risks that most established print houses just won't, for whatever reason.PG Fortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819909187492632526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-90610293896537286612009-03-05T04:26:00.000-08:002009-03-05T04:26:00.000-08:00Awesome feedback ladies!! Brenna I will definitely...Awesome feedback ladies!! Brenna I will definitely be picking your brain!!!Sara Humphreyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225281337599318528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-37185117263251479742009-03-05T03:49:00.000-08:002009-03-05T03:49:00.000-08:00Sara, I've always loved paperback books for the re...Sara, I've always loved paperback books for the reasons Bekki stated. But honestly, there are more ebooks I want to read now, because I prefer the stories more than I care for the stories available in print, these days. That is, when I get a chance to read. Not much.<BR/>Or, the books have been in e-format first, before print. I'm just not impressed with the current crop of Print Publisher authors, over all. There are THE exceptions, of course.<BR/>Although, I have to admit it is cool to have one of my books in print. I absolutely adore the way it looks and feels.<BR/><BR/>Brenna is a powerhouse. Follow in her footsteps and you will do well.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-43554834379945238762009-03-05T03:24:00.000-08:002009-03-05T03:24:00.000-08:00Sarah,Haven't seen you since the radio interview w...Sarah,<BR/><BR/>Haven't seen you since the radio interview we did together! Hope you're doing well.<BR/><BR/>A couple of things for you. One is that it's really NOT much less expensive to put out an e-book than it is to put out a print book, at least initially, unless we're talking offset printing and warehousing, and you wouldn't be with DD. <BR/><BR/>You take all the same steps to get a book ready for sale...acquisitions, editing, cover art, ISBN... You lose about the same amount to distributors for e-book as you do for print distribution. You have cart costs. And then you try to make that investment back in sales, with e-books a fast growing but still much smaller market than print is. <BR/><BR/>The financial risk is significantly lower for e-book vs. offset print, even short run, but it's not significantly lower for POD vs. e-book. Just a thought.<BR/><BR/>That said, you can make it to print fairly quickly, if you do online marketing to get your e-book selling. When I worked for Tina, I was consistently in the top 3 for the company...usually fighting it out in the top 2. With my first ever release from eXtasy, I made the line for print in less than 3 months. I made it in 2 with the second. It can be done. Granted, that was on the eXtasy side and not DD, but the basics of selling are the same, all the way around.<BR/><BR/>If you need help with marketing, I teach classes in it (free...I'm not hitting you up for money here). I'd be glad to send you some ideas for online marketing.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!<BR/><BR/>BrennaBrennaLyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399508130752035374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-3852800317292352182009-03-05T03:14:00.000-08:002009-03-05T03:14:00.000-08:00Ah Bekki,You are young in the e-book. Okay, bad Yo...Ah Bekki,<BR/><BR/>You are young in the e-book. Okay, bad Yoda voice turned off.<BR/><BR/>My first e-book released for sale more than 6 years ago (from another arm of the company our hostess is with, actually). Since then, I've had more than 60 e-book releases and more than 3 dozen print releases...and only 5 of my print releases haven't overlapped with an e-book release of the same. I'm almost perfectly split in e-book/print releases now. <BR/><BR/>I've owned two handheld readers/PDAs plus a third that belongs to my daughter...and a fourth and fifth that EPIC owned, so I'm fairly versed in them. I'd be glad to list all of the benefits of e-books for you, if you'd like to hear them. There are many you're not familiar with, I'd guess. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying e-books are better. I was apparently the first respondent to say "either" in the polling. There are up and down sides to each.<BR/><BR/>But to put your mind at ease... PDAs are NOT easy to break. I'm really hard on machinery, and mine is 4 years old now. Falling asleep with it isn't going to kill it. In fact, it will bookmark your place when you fall asleep, putting it a nose ahead of a paper book. And the pages won't get wrinkled when you roll over on it. <BR/><BR/>As for the tub... I know people who read in the tub with a Ziploc bag over the PDA. I've done that at the pool or hottub. I usually take showers though, so I don't read in the tub. You might be better off with a paper book for that, I admit, though I can't see how anyone can read paper in the tub without risking a good book, because I'm a klutz.<BR/><BR/>BrennaBrennaLyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399508130752035374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060118941451263177.post-12639143666196972362009-03-04T23:23:00.000-08:002009-03-04T23:23:00.000-08:00I'm primarily a paperback buyer. I've only been bu...I'm primarily a paperback buyer. I've only been buying ebooks for a couple of years. <BR/><BR/>The benefits of the paperback outweigh the savings you receive in purchasing an ebook for me.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say I don't buy ebooks. I do.<BR/><BR/>With a paperback, I can read in the bath, on the patio and it fits in my purse and so on. I realize an ereader would give the ebook this same effect, to a point. While, I would like to have one, I can't see myself relaxing in bed or bath with an ereader. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I dose off while reading. A paperback falling into the bath water is cheaper to replace then an ereader would be. lolBekki Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437144729824303058noreply@blogger.com