The difficulty with ebooks… Do any other indies find themselves doing this?



I wrote my books for me, first. The fact that others enjoy them is a wonderful bonus and provides the inspiration to continue writing. So it’s not surprising, that I like to read my books.But…I can’t help wanting to change things!! Every. Single. Time. Nothing story-wise, but actual language/writing wise, there’s always a sentence to tweak, a word to delete, or a better way of phrasing something. I blame the ease of the ebook for this! When it was print and print only, you couldn’t continually update for little things. If your book was lucky enough to get a re-print, then and only then would you make changes. Now however you can do it literally overnight. It’s so hard but I know that at some point, unless it’s a genuine typo, I have to stop myself. I have to accept that book one will never be quite as good as book two, which in turn will never be quite as good as book three. Writers SHOULD improve with each subsequent book. Otherwise I’ll spend weeks re-working an already written, already reviewed, already loved book! And the really silly thing is that most readers wouldn’t even notice the difference! I certainly didn’t prior to learning all these new (and really f#&$%@# annoying at times) techniques. Now of course I can’t read any book without mentally ‘fixing’ things – things that don’t really need to be fixed *grin*.
Does anyone else get stuck in this loop?
Take care all!Nic The Arrival, available FREE at at Amazon : AmazonUK : Barnes & Noble : iTunes US : iTunes UK : Kobo : Smashwords Awakening available at Amazon : AmazonUK : Barnes & Noble : Smashwords : iTunes US : iTunes UKFeel the Burn available at Amazon : AmazonUK : Smashwords : Kobo : iTunes US : iTunes UK : Barnes & Noble
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Published on March 11, 2013 23:17
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