The Pleasure of a Printed Book: An Old Time Simple Joy!
We're all so deep into the Digital Age, flinging ebooks on our ereaders, that the simple pleasures of the past, like holding a printed book in your hands look quaint and old fashioned...Yet, when my novel FEAR OF THE PAST came to me yesterday through the mail, I was so happy!
Yes, I'm squinting! But that's meant to be a smile... The sun of Umbria is really hot even though we're still in March - very unusual weather this time of year...How do you like the cover? You can tell I like the color BLUE! It was printed by Amazon's Create Space and I think they did a superb job.
Here's the inside, the start of a chapter:
Nice print, very easy on the eyes. Yes, for the first time I felt my book was real - goes to show I'm old fashioned even though I love Internet, in particular for the ability to connect with readers - a wonderful opportunity for us writers to get out of our ivory towers...
If you're addicted to printed books (I have some close friends who are and won't touch an e-book with a ten foot pole, much less a computer), here's the link you need to purchase it:
Fear of the Past, a novel
When it opens, click "paperback" and you'll see it costs $19.99 - not much considering it's a book of some 525 pages...
But my promo is still on TODAY 16 MARCH and you're in time to get your FREE e-book version of it - until tonight 12 pm Pacific Standard Time! Click here: Fear of the Past, a novel
All this raises a question in my mind: why doesn't Amazon start a " bundling " campaign? It's well positioned to do so since Create Space is a division of Amazon. Bundling involves selling a printed book together with its digital version for a preferred price: say, in this case, $21. With one dollar more you'd get the digital version (which costs $5.99 once the promo is over). Or you could launch promos on the printed book with a free digital version attached. There are really many ways to do this...
Don't you think that would be a good idea? What's your take on launching a bundling campaign?
Related articlesIt should be 'Joy in Books', not 'Joy of Books' (thewayoftheweb.net)
More on book bundling (roughtype.com)
Why publishers should give away ebooks (roughtype.com)
Yes, I'm squinting! But that's meant to be a smile... The sun of Umbria is really hot even though we're still in March - very unusual weather this time of year...How do you like the cover? You can tell I like the color BLUE! It was printed by Amazon's Create Space and I think they did a superb job.
Here's the inside, the start of a chapter:
Nice print, very easy on the eyes. Yes, for the first time I felt my book was real - goes to show I'm old fashioned even though I love Internet, in particular for the ability to connect with readers - a wonderful opportunity for us writers to get out of our ivory towers...
If you're addicted to printed books (I have some close friends who are and won't touch an e-book with a ten foot pole, much less a computer), here's the link you need to purchase it:
Fear of the Past, a novel
When it opens, click "paperback" and you'll see it costs $19.99 - not much considering it's a book of some 525 pages...
But my promo is still on TODAY 16 MARCH and you're in time to get your FREE e-book version of it - until tonight 12 pm Pacific Standard Time! Click here: Fear of the Past, a novel
All this raises a question in my mind: why doesn't Amazon start a " bundling " campaign? It's well positioned to do so since Create Space is a division of Amazon. Bundling involves selling a printed book together with its digital version for a preferred price: say, in this case, $21. With one dollar more you'd get the digital version (which costs $5.99 once the promo is over). Or you could launch promos on the printed book with a free digital version attached. There are really many ways to do this...
Don't you think that would be a good idea? What's your take on launching a bundling campaign?
Related articlesIt should be 'Joy in Books', not 'Joy of Books' (thewayoftheweb.net)
More on book bundling (roughtype.com)
Why publishers should give away ebooks (roughtype.com)
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