“All things e(lectronic)” seems to be the theme of the day. Let’s start with e-books:
- We’ll start with Kathleen Pickering’s (@KatPickering) announcement on The Kill Zone, MOVE OVER HARDCOVERS: E-Books Just Outsold You. A word of caution–even “audited” sales numbers aren’t necessarily accurate, but Piks’ point is clear: e-books are becoming more and more of a reality and a force in publishing. You can run from them, but you can’t hide–and why would you want to, anyway?
- Nathan Bransford (@NathanBransford) picks up on that theme with his post Are Non-Interactive Books Are [sic] Going to Be the Black & White Movies of the Future? Interactivity hasn’t been a big thing in e-books yet, but it seems like a natural progression, doesn’t it?
- Melissa K. Norris (@MelissaKNorris) offers step-by-step instructions on How to Create a Free E-Book for Your Website on WordServe Water Cooler. Why do this in the first place? Melissa’s reasons include thanking your readers for visiting and to give (literally) them a sample of your work, with the hope/intention that they’ll like it enough to buy more.
- Over the weekend I mentioned Yuvi Zalkow’s (@yuvizalkow) video on writing tools. That prompted Gwen Hernandez (@Gwen_Hernandez), author of Scrivener for Dummies, to offer More Things to Love About Scrivener on Writer Unboxed. Now, I haven’t “drunk the Kool-Aid” on Scrivener (at least, not yet), and I do worry a bit about it becoming over-hyped or overly complex (even more than it already is), but at the same time, it IS a cool tool and Gwen’s piece offers some tips I wasn’t aware of.
- Getting out of e-books but staying in the e-world, Rachelle Gardner (@RachelleGardner) asks Should Unpublished Novelists Be Platform-Building? Not surprisingly, the answer is “yes, but secondarily to learning the craft of writing.” Seems like common sense, doesn’t it, but as they say, “common sense ain’t so common!”
- And finally, stepping out of the e-world, Robert Bruce (@robertbruce76) provides a short list of What Classic Novels Were Almost Called on 101 Books, plus a link to more names we’re glad didn’t get used. Trimalchio in West Egg anyone?
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