Read an eBook week 2023
No, they’re not a substitute for print books, but yes, eBooks are bloody useful and I love their portability and immediacy. I remember when I first heard about them. It was early 2000, I think, and I was driving around Hertfordshire, hopelessly lost on my way to a bank training course. I’d stopped the hire car to check my maps, when a news bulletin came on the radio. Can’t remember which station I was listening to, but the idea of books you can read on your computer was the throwaway ‘and in other news…’ story at the end of the bulletin. After the disappointment of the release of STRAIGHT TO YOU a few years earlier, I remember thinking ‘could this be my way into a writing career?’. Turns out, it was.
It’s READ AN EBOOK WEEK this week, and I’ll always support this SMASHWORDS/DRAFT2DIGITAL initiative, because apart from the convenience of eBooks, the format has transformed the publishing industry and has given a voice to many thousands of writers who might otherwise have been unable to find an audience.
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