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I consider e-books as secondary to legitimate bound-book publishing. If my novel isn't published by a big established publisher, then I will look at the option of an e-book. The reason is the failure of google books and that good books and novels aren't available yet in e-book format. Traditional publishers have their own distribution outlets and skills in marketing a book. An e-book reader such as Kindle costs a lot of money. It's money upfront. For that money I can buy a hundred books. So why should I go for e-book publishing?
Besides there is something about walking into a bookstore, holding a book, leafing through it pages that gives a thrill. An e-book doesn't give that thrill. It's made of plastic not textured paper. I am writing a novel and if traditional publishing fails I will go for an e-books edition. I have a day job so it doesn't matter if I make money or not.
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1 comment:
I disagree. eBook readers have big cost upfront but if you use dem over a long period(book-worms), they will eventually be cheaper as total cost. Also, you can virtually keep millions of books in few grams.
Most eBook readers support Bookmarking, notes etc which makes experience better.
For me eBooks are great & future lies in eBooks, remember they save on paper too :)
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