tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post1946984256512535811..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: ebook UpdateSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-59765662337029605272011-07-15T08:56:38.252-07:002011-07-15T08:56:38.252-07:00Nah, at my age, you think about sex more. You just...Nah, at my age, you think about sex more. You just can't *do* it more ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-6522517373140033542011-07-14T14:47:32.488-07:002011-07-14T14:47:32.488-07:00Steve: You were thinking about walking the dogs. T...Steve: You were thinking about walking the dogs. They were a bit over-exuberant. Plus, it was a beautiful day. <br />And since you're a man, you thought about sex at least 5 times.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138545573425777067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-664954877912260692011-07-14T08:50:24.926-07:002011-07-14T08:50:24.926-07:00Anon --
My preference is for treeware, I've p...Anon --<br /><br />My preference is for treeware, I've pointed that out every time this comes up. A nice leather-bound book beats an ebook hands down when it comes to the reading experience for me. <br /><br />But for a lot of reasons, physical books, for all their durability and non-battery corporality, are going to continue to decline in popularity.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with an LP phonograph record, lot of folks think they are warmer-sounding than tapes, CDs, or MP3, a superior sound, just like tube amps for your guitar over solid-state. But those have become scarce and expensive because technology has moved on.<br /><br />MP3 and e-music files have seriously wounded the music industry, and there are a lot of musicians on the road because they can't make a living any more selling recordings of their music. The game is changing in all directions.<br /><br />Author readings don't draw much in they way of paying audiences. <br /><br />POD is certainly useful. I am apt to print myself copies of my own books, but unless computers and the internet just go away entirely, somewhere there will exist files. If they do go away completely, probably nobody is going to have the time nor energy to read my space opera anyhow.<br /><br />There are folks willing to pay premium prices for what they consider quality material. Apparently my stuff doesn't spark them, based on my experience.<br /><br />(If enough people wanted it, I'd do it, but consider this: Reaves and I are New York Times Bestselling authors. We wrote a big fantasy novel that has sold okay as an ebook; as a POD, other than the copies he and I each got for our ego racks? Zip.<br /><br />Thong the Barbarian, our novelette, has already sold more e-copies than it did in print form, and as a print book, is rare enough to be a collector's item.)<br /><br />And the best prices I can find for POD, given my sales numbers, won't result in a discount that brings the cost down to less than twice what an ebook runs. I've looked.<br /><br />What this means is that I'll do a fair amount of work for each title to service a tiny audience and what time I have left might be better spent doing other stuff.<br /><br />If people really want paper versions, they can take the file or send it to be printed. It will require some effort on their parts but if they are willing to do it, the option will be there.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-90908573999474123222011-07-14T03:37:00.411-07:002011-07-14T03:37:00.411-07:00The reason I'd rather have POD or dead-tree me...The reason I'd rather have POD or dead-tree media isn't based around luddite OCD. Based around my thinking, e-format media are easier to lose. Different scenarios: I lose track of the file, the machine it's on dies taking a Library of Alexandrea with it, etc. It's more paranoia about losing a good story than having the book in-hand.<br /><br />If there was a way to track the books that I bought, so they could be re-acquired without additional cost, that would be helpful. But then if your distributor went out of business, changes their business model (etc..), we're back to possession of a physical book being easier.<br /><br />Your fiscal examples were great. Some would consider it to be insurance.<br /><br />Would you consider a model where you offered a "bundle"? Hook-up with a POD supplier and they give a discount rate. I order a POD book through your site and you send it directly to your preferred POD publisher then the book arrives at my house. You get the ebook price, the printer gets a POD order and I get a ground-up, inked shrub to keep and hold and enjoy.<br /><br />-AnonymouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-3216952744055542322011-07-13T23:37:39.474-07:002011-07-13T23:37:39.474-07:00Thanks for the update. Looking forward to having t...Thanks for the update. Looking forward to having them in E-formats.Lance Hoddinotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171007264029381095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-48688815292320562842011-07-13T21:49:33.595-07:002011-07-13T21:49:33.595-07:00Jeez,Justin, that was twenty-five years ago -- I&#...Jeez,Justin, that was twenty-five years ago -- I'm lucky to remember what I was thinking this morning ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-54778342400685496732011-07-13T17:10:49.307-07:002011-07-13T17:10:49.307-07:00Steve, I'd really like to see you add some typ...Steve, I'd really like to see you add some type of intro to each story -- talking about what you were thinking when you wrote the book, your feelings on the finished product, etc. I mean, chances are good that a chunk of people who will buy these have already read 'em before. It'd be a nice little "special feature" and it would only set you back the time it takes to write it out. <br /><br />I know I liked reading your new Facebook buddy Orson Scott Card's intro to Ender's Game (after I finished reading the novel, of course).Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138545573425777067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-78401974767365813512011-07-13T13:31:34.158-07:002011-07-13T13:31:34.158-07:00That's great news. I had to track all these d...That's great news. I had to track all these down on half.com twice (the second time after the person I let borrow them lost them) :) Some of them are rather pricey commodities at this point.triksteruthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581720421899830377noreply@blogger.com