The Liberated Writer

[DavidDvorkin]

My latest blog post, talking about an important change that's happened in my attitudes lately.

http://eyeblister.blogspot.com/2010/10/liberated-writer.html

[SheilaT]

1. How about some kind of

on-demand publication of your books. I understand that's being done, and I'm trying to recall the name of the s-f writer (lives also in Colorado) who has done that. Saw him at the Campbell Conference several years ago and he said it was very successful for him.

I don't have an e-reader, don't intend to get one, and I really doubt I'm the only reader in North America who feels that way. I want to tote books around with me.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. I've done that

Through a small publisher who did all of their books via Print On Demand.

My wife reissued her novel that way, through Amazon's POD self-publishing arm, Create Space, before having me do it for her as an e-book.

Based on the e-book sales so far, we'll both sell more copies that way than in the POD version. I'm not discounting that way of doing it. And I like being able to control the appearance of the printed book. But it's a fair amount more effort to get that set up. For now we'll both focus on e-books.

Right now, I also prefer printed books. I'll probably change my mind in the near future. Anyway, I'm old and part of a generation that will pass away, leaving the earth to the young and their wonderful gadgets.

And that noise they call music.