Dee asked C. JoyBell C.:

When will your books be available for Nook?

C. JoyBell C. Hi, Dee! Thanks for your question!

I have had many requests to make my books available on Kindle but this would be the first request for Nook (Barnes and Noble eReader). :-)

Right now, I am still in the process of making my paper-and-ink books available through Kindle. I am an independent writer, meaning I write my own books according to what I desire to write (not as suggested by a publishing house), I work at my own pace, I copyedit and proofread my own manuscripts (unless otherwise needed), I design my own interior book layouts and cover designs, and sometimes I even make my own illustrations. This whole process is very time- and- energy- consuming, but I don't need to spend any amount of money to do this. I can make physical books without an initial investment. The costs for the materials are paid back to the publishing warehouse as I earn my royalties (payments are taken from my sales.)

Now, with eReaders such as Kindle, there has to be an initial investment on my part, prior to the professional Kindle format conversions can take place. So that means I have to pay for the professional conversions before they can take place. As you can see, I am willing to give great amounts of time and energy to making my own books, but when it comes to eReader conversions, that is a different story as it includes money, which is something I need to take one step at a time, seeing as I don't want to spend more on an eReader conversion that what I would earn from a book's royalties. As you know, authors generally don't earn a lot of money from our royalties. :-)

So the bottom line is, my first priority goes to my ink and paper books, second to Kindle and then perhaps when all my books have been made available to Kindle, I will then also make them available via other eReader platforms, such as Nook.

I hope this answer is helpful! And for what it's worth, please don't fall out of love with ink and paper!

C. Bells

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