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By: Kassia Krozser

Kassia Krozser — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:48:15 +0000

Carol — the thing about books is that market is moving toward greater choice. Do I love curling on with a physical book? Absolutely? Do I get the same experience curling up with my Kindle? No, but I can assure you that what I lose in tactile experience — or rather changed tactile experience — I gain in portability and instant gratification.

Sure, the selection could be greater. Sure, the Kindle could be my dream device (said dream device being able to wash dishes). Sure, there’s going to be a next, better thing in a year or two.

But when it gets down to brass tacks (sorry, in London, it’s all brass tacks here!), my goal is to get lost in a story. The Kindle (or my laptop or any device) doesn’t stop me from losing myself in the words. To me, it’s all about transporting from this plane to the story plane. I don’t care about the medium; I just want to fall into the book.

And I love those publishers who have made it a priority to allow me to do this however, whenever I want.

By: carol stanley

carol stanley — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:47 +0000

The bottom line to me regardless of content I love a real book to curl up with…That is 90% of the enjoyment…carol stanley “Author of For Kids 59.99 and Over

By: Kassia

Kassia — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:41:07 +0000

eNotes Book Blog — No joke, four women, four Kindles. Maybe they were the only four at the conference, but I doubt it. No, I know it. I know at least one other person who owns a Kindle and was present on site. That makes five. She simply wasn’t present at that moment.

As for great interest, while I still hold my previously stated reservations about the Kindle (single purpose device, etc), going out in public and using the device sparks conversation (and, interestingly, there is a lot of consumer awareness of the product). It’s a conversation I’m happy to have, and me being me, I throw the idea of other readers, including the Sony eReader, into the discussion. I’m very much again market monopolies.

As for the lying (g), oh yeah, I totally make stuff up. I’m not really 5’5″.

By: Kassia

Kassia — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:36:43 +0000

Susan — yes, it’s a little known fact, but overhead costs and fixed costs and distribution costs are absolutely factored into these prices. Those who suggest the price of creating and distributing ebooks are negligible overlook these elements (particularly the cost of distribution and storage). It makes sense to spread the impact of these costs across all distribution channels.

It’s a long time away from giving away ebooks at conferences, particularly since the devices don’t have the requisite capability for receiving ebooks in the wild without connecting to a souce for downloading. Plus, well, market saturation for readers is still several generations away.

By: Susan G.

Susan G. — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:41:10 +0000

Apparently at the HQ forum recently at RWA National, it was explained to the authors (I was not in the audience at the time, this is second-hand information) that Harlequin charges so much for an ebook because most of the costs for a book of “any sort” are, according to them, fixed costs — the price of editorial services, cover design, office space, etc. Apparently the costs of ink and paper are NOT big factors.

Who knew? Not me, that’s for sure. I thought cover prices went up because of increasing prices for paper and such.

Make of that information what you will.

As to redistributing books at check-in at the airline counter — why, yes, I watched a fellow author do exactly that on the way home from said RWA National conference.

Gosh, how will they give away copies of ebooks at National? (However they do it, it will be cheaper to get them home, that’s for sure. lol.)