Java Davis's Blog - Posts Tagged "ebooks"
PubSmartCon road trip
I leave Monday for the two day road trip to Charleston, SC, for the PubSmart Conference. I hope the time, effort, new clothes, shoes, hotel rooms and meals will be rewarded with an amazing event. Hopes and fears are high.
The car has been checked out for trip-worthiness. The healthy, low-cal snacks and bottled water are bought and ready for car-feasting.
Leaving my husband, home, dogs and cat is painful already, before I've even left town. Losing my Passover holiday is equally painful.
So here's the thing. I'm gonna keep everyone posted on my progress and what the conference ultimately offers me.
Stay tuned.
The car has been checked out for trip-worthiness. The healthy, low-cal snacks and bottled water are bought and ready for car-feasting.
Leaving my husband, home, dogs and cat is painful already, before I've even left town. Losing my Passover holiday is equally painful.
So here's the thing. I'm gonna keep everyone posted on my progress and what the conference ultimately offers me.
Stay tuned.
PubSmartCon road trip Day 2, PACK!
I packed the suitcase. I put things in the car. I found a halfway point and a hotel there. I leave in the morning.
The car is topped off with gasoline. Hoagies for dinner remove the whole last-evening-cooking and clean-up thing.
My two don't-forget lists are almost complete.
I'll have my cellphone with me, but in my age bracket, there is still a need to say goodbye to friends and family. It wouldn't have felt right to ignore that long-standing custom. I'll be leaving home with everyone's well-wishes. They'll all miss me, and it doesn't get warmer or fuzzier than that.
I'll miss them, too.
The car is topped off with gasoline. Hoagies for dinner remove the whole last-evening-cooking and clean-up thing.
My two don't-forget lists are almost complete.
I'll have my cellphone with me, but in my age bracket, there is still a need to say goodbye to friends and family. It wouldn't have felt right to ignore that long-standing custom. I'll be leaving home with everyone's well-wishes. They'll all miss me, and it doesn't get warmer or fuzzier than that.
I'll miss them, too.
Ebook versus Paperback -- Is it about choice?
For several years, I (cheaply) only offered Amazon ebooks for all of my titles. Recently, I took the paperback plunge on CreateSpace and now offer paperbacks, too.
I have yet to sell a single paperback. I'd love to hear whether other people have found that offering paperbacks was a huge seller for them.
All I've found so far is that paperbacks are much easier to donate to libraries, and also to mail to giveaway contest winners. Also, none of my family/friends thought that they should get free ebooks, but everyone expected (and got) free paperbacks.
So, did I waste my time on CreateSpace? Or will my ship eventually come in? I haven't had the energy to do the research for my next book. Eventually, I'll lose this feeling of disappointment and move on, I know, but for now ...
I have yet to sell a single paperback. I'd love to hear whether other people have found that offering paperbacks was a huge seller for them.
All I've found so far is that paperbacks are much easier to donate to libraries, and also to mail to giveaway contest winners. Also, none of my family/friends thought that they should get free ebooks, but everyone expected (and got) free paperbacks.
So, did I waste my time on CreateSpace? Or will my ship eventually come in? I haven't had the energy to do the research for my next book. Eventually, I'll lose this feeling of disappointment and move on, I know, but for now ...
