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Oh, Roland was priceless calling the FBI the FUZZ! I loved him! I'll be looking forward to a sequel. Thanks, Josh!
Josh: A question that just occurred to me about Fair Game (and Carina Press in general): will it come out in print, or is Carina strictly an e-outfit?
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Josh wrote: "I've heard rumors that the m/m Christmas stories we're doing (well, all the various Christmas stories) will be bundled into theme anthologies. But I haven't seen confirmation on that, so I'm not su..."*insert Peanuts-like AUGH of anguish here*
Drat it all. I'm going to get forced into an e-reader soon, aren't I? *g*
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Probably. Unless you don't mind reading from your laptop. ;-P
Josh wrote: "Drat it all. I'm going to get forced into an e-reader soon, aren't I? *g*Probably. Unless you don't mind reading from your laptop. ;-P"
Josh, I don't regret to this day getting an eReader it's small, light and portable so I can take your books with me wherever I go. :whispers: Even when I get stuck in traffic I can discretely whip it out and get a few pages in. Mine is right now holding A tad over 400 ebooks when it says in the manual a max of 130 books. :snickers: Way cool.
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It's extreme, but I've got some books loaded on that the word count is massively large. Besides I have only a couple of your books that I still have to read because I've read every other one and really enjoyed them all. All your books are amazing and different. Great job you do in keeping us compelled and intrigued to wanting more. :thumbs up:
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Thanks, Sidney. I appreciate hearing that -- especially now when I have so much out there. Of course there are bound to be similarities and inevitably a few readers will move on to other things, but hopefully I'm still managing to present (in reasonably fresh ways) what readers enjoy about my work. I'd hate to have to go back to the day job because I'm out of ideas. Gulp.
It's when an author like yourself and many others are out there with tons of books for us to read, we wish we didn't have a day job so we can just sit on our arse and read them all day long 24/7.
JPerceval wrote: "Drat it all. I'm going to get forced into an e-reader soon, aren't I? *g*"Come to the Dark Side, young master Skywalker. ;-)
Nah, I don't have an e-reader yet, either, but only because I lug my laptop wherever I go. Honestly, I'd have done the deed by now, though, if not for the PITA of converting my library to Nook. I've not counted, but must have 600-700 ebooks. It'd take me epochs to set up a new machine. Think I might finally take the plunge when things slow down after the holidays. I like the size of e-readers & the lighting is kinder than my glaring laptop screen.
Kari wrote: Come to the Dark Side, young master Skywalker. ;-)
I know I will one of these days, but I'm putting it off for as long as possible, mainly because I stare at a computer screen all day for work, so in my leisure time, I don't want to stare at a screen. And I know, I've heard e-readers are not as glaring, etc., but it's a mental thing with me. I'm just weird. ;-)
Till I got my reader I was actually printing the ebooks in order to take them with me. The printing store loved me for all the ink I'd purchase and the environmentalists I'm sure hated me for all the trees I was killing to support my ebook habit, so there you have it in a nutshell that there's no regrets on getting one of these babies.
JPerceval wrote: "I know I will one of these days, but I'm putting it off for as long as possible, mainly because I stare at a computer screen all day for work, so in my leisure time, I don't want to stare at a screen. And I know, I've heard e-readers are not as glaring, etc., but it's a mental thing with me. I'm just weird. ;-)"
My eyes are glued to a monitor every day, too, either for work or for writing, but a friend let me borrow her Kindle so I could contrast & compare. Wow. Plus, I could be a total slug with the e-reader whereas with my laptop, no can do.
Oh geez, don't know if I'm talking you into it, but I'm doing wonders conning myself. Like I have time to convert? Gah. But the only thing I miss (desperately) from my treebook days is the shameless unladylike sprawl whilst reading.
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Josh wrote: "That's so true about the sprawling around reading. Falling asleep and having the book hit your face. *g*"This begs the question: does an e-reader short out if you fall asleep on it and drool? Not that I do, of course...
:laughs: Josh, you don't want to fall asleep with a ereader in your hand it might leave a permanent mark on your face not to mention the metallic of it is a rude awakening.
Err get a plastic covering for it just in case. Riiight on not drooling :snickering: It's inevitable. The scenes are just to hot not to.
Josh wrote: "That's so true about the sprawling around reading. Falling asleep and having the book hit your face. *g*"I fall asleep reading all the time. My Sony does less damage than a printed book, some of much have left bruising.
Ereaders are a wonderful thing. Now, if only publishers would take the time to format them correctly. JCP Books is awesome at this. When I read a JCP Book I don't have to worry about quotation marks disappearing, having a page number with title and author flow into the story text and the file names are clear and concise.
I've found sites where you can get the book in Sony format which save time in converting them before getting them onto your reader. Like example I'm reading on now and picture this: Any words that have a (') in them are replaced by a (?). It?s annoying!
Sidney, we must be reading the same book! lol (Well, mine was only the sample from Amazon, but it torqued me off, because it sounded very promising!)Seriously, all of you out there who haven't gotten your hands on an e-reader yet, do it! Do it NOW! You will even respect yourself in the morning, I promise!
My Kindle 2 arrived 23 Dec and there has only been one day since that I haven't used it. It's so much better than lugging around a laptop (even my netbook can't compare!) and the e-ink is wonderfully easy on the eyes. It's not at all like looking at a computer screen, because there's really no back lighting effect. Hands down, (aside from Josh's books) that thing was the best buying decision I've made in the last year. And the Kindle 3's are cheaper, lighter, smaller and come in graphite (case color) now, too, dammit! :)
Rob, great minds, dude, is all I can say :winks, both thumbs up:
I struggled with whether or not to get an ereader, but finally invested in the Nook. Loaded it with 7 new books today. The ease of carrying around books and being able to finish one and start another, no matter where you are, is great. The advantage of a Nook is being able to "lend" a book purchased from Barnes and Noble to another Nook reader for 2 weeks. Digital books are generally less expensive, too.
Rob wrote: "Seriously, all of you out there who haven't gotten your hands on an e-reader yet, do it! Do it NOW! You will even respect yourself in the morning, I promise! "LOL. It's on my list. The only problem is, it won't matter that a Nook (Patty, I'm sold on the Nook, too) is lighter & not as bulky as a laptop. I need to cart my laptop around. 1) I do the books & people actually believe I have all those numbers stuffed into my head. (SNORT) 2)I sneak an hour writing in whenever I can and I'd rather braise my own liver for suppah than risk any of those files on my office machine. I wouldn't get fired, nobody knows how to do what I do (job security, thy name is technology), but...Unwise.
Would be nice to sprawl when I'm knocking around at home, though, so I'll probably reward myself with a Nook once my book's out. I'll have more no-guilt play time to fiddle with it then.
Kari wrote: "Rob wrote: "Seriously, all of you out there who haven't gotten your hands on an e-reader yet, do it! Do it NOW! You will even respect yourself in the morning, I promise! "LOL. It's on my list. Th..."
A reader is easier to whip out of a purse (or even some pockets) just about anywhere. Easier on a plane too! No overhead bin struggle. I carry a tiny purse (so I don't overload it) and my Sony fits very well in there. I don't know about the Kindle, as they look larger in size, but the Nook is rather like the Sony, from physical comparisons.
Kari wrote: "JPerceval wrote: "Drat it all. I'm going to get forced into an e-reader soon, aren't I? *g*"Come to the Dark Side, young master Skywalker. ;-)
Nah, I don't have an e-reader yet, either, but onl..."
I have a SONY specifically because it reads PDF, Word and HTML as well as Sony's own format. There are very few books I've needed to convert and I do that with the Calibre program. I love my Sony.
JPerceval wrote: "Josh wrote: "That's so true about the sprawling around reading. Falling asleep and having the book hit your face. *g*"This begs the question: does an e-reader short out if you fall asleep on it..."
I know a lot of folks who take their in the bath in a ziploc bag, I'd imagine it works for drool too ;)
Kari wrote: "Rob wrote: "Seriously, all of you out there who haven't gotten your hands on an e-reader yet, do it! Do it NOW! You will even respect yourself in the morning, I promise! "LOL. It's on my list. Th..."
Kari, I promise I don't work for B & N, although I sound like a commercial. But B&N has a reader that you can put onto your computer that exactly matches your Nook. So, if you are reading a book at home on your Nook, you are traveling with your computer and you open up your B&N reader on your computer to the book you are reading now, it will open up the book to the exact page where you left off on your Nook.
Is that a confusing explanation?
Kari, I don't work for Amazon any more than Patty works for B&N, but the Kindle syncs with your PC/iPad/iPhone/iwhatzit, too. And it doesn't have that additional color screen on the bottom. What is that about, Patty? What is it for?
Rob wrote: "Kari, I don't work for Amazon any more than Patty works for B&N, but the Kindle syncs with your PC/iPad/iPhone/iwhatzit, too. And it doesn't have that additional color screen on the bottom. What is..."Rob, the color screen down at the bottom is a touch pad that allows you to go to 9 different areas on the Nook including your library, shopping, what you're reading now, games, settings, wi-fi, audio, etc. If you go to any of those areas, then there are additional screens. The thing about the color screen on the bottom, is that it blacks out almost immediately once you start reading. Most people don't know that. Once it blacks out, you can use it to turn the page by swiping your finger across it.
I had a very difficult time trying to decide which reader to get. I'd been looking at them for a year, and more seriously since about February. When I started reading Josh's books, many of them I could only get easily and less expensively in digital format. It became apparent I would have to make a decision. I decided on the Nook because there is a B&N near my home. I'm not especially tech savvy; I figured if something went wrong and I couldn't understand the telephone help-line, I could go to the store to ask for help.
I pretty much decided on the Nook, primarily because of the borrowing amongst friends thang. I recommend my favorite authors to friends & get recommendations, too, but even us bookhounds sometimes hesitate, especially when our TBRs are so ginormously large. Squee'ing over a new-to-me author with a friend would be easier if I could say, hey, let me shoot this file over to you, you're going to love it. Win for the writer, too, since it opens the door to lots of lovely raids on backlist. I mean, seriously, how long did it take you guys to pillage Josh's backlist once you'd read his first book? I think royalties over my backlist plundering paid his electric bill that month. LOL.
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I think this is a major advantage the nook has over its competitors.
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For which I am duly grateful. Wait till you guys see this month's water bill!!!
Josh wrote: "Kari wrote: "I think royalties over my backlist plundering paid his electric bill that month. LOL. ..."For which I am duly grateful. Wait till you guys see this month's water bill!!!"
Sales from your Christmas anthology will cover the water bill. Wow- what a great line up of authors! It's uncomfortably hot and humid here, and we're dodging thunderstorms and tornadoes. I'm really looking forward to Christmas. :-)
Josh wrote: "Wait till you guys see this month's water bill!!!"With the pool AND the fire? I can only imagine!
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Seriously. That's a Christmas anthology *I* can't wait to read.
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I know. For all my joking about leaving the sprinklers running, we do try to conserve, but this summer has been challenging. I'm not ready to write off a garden I've been nurturing for over half a decade and the pool...well, the pool is costly. No doubt about it. Even at that size and scale.
Cait wrote: "JPerceval wrote: "Josh wrote: "That's so true about the sprawling around reading. Falling asleep and having the book hit your face. *g*"This begs the question: does an e-reader short out if you..."
Now that's a clever idea!
Hey Josh...I've been thinking you should have a discussion where we (your faithful readers) post ideas for books that we want you to write-and then you have to. What do you say? I already have my list ;)
Lori K wrote: "Hey Josh...I've been thinking you should have a discussion where we (your faithful readers) post ideas for books that we want you to write-and then you have to. What do you say? I already have..."
That sounds like a great idea. :D
Lori K. wrote: "I've been thinking you should have a discussion where we (your faithful readers) post ideas for books that we want you to write-and then you have to. What do you say?"Hey guys, look here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3... Sadly, Josh's probably not going to agree to the "have to" thing! The poor guy would never sleep again!
Rob wrote: "Lori K. wrote: "I've been thinking you should have a discussion where we (your faithful readers) post ideas for books that we want you to write-and then you have to. What do you say?"Hey guys, lo..."
Sleep is so overrated...
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Fortunately most of the requests are for sequels already slated for sometime in the future. I like that vague sometime.
I'm currently rereading some of your books and noticed that you seem to enjoy naming your villains Steve/n or Paul. ;) So far we have the mean editor Steven in SKHE, who has the audacity to call Kit Chris (that was somehow really funny) and ended up dead, then we have the false friend Steve in The White Knight/The Dark Horse, whose fate wasn't the best either, another false friend named Steve in Fair Game, who also ended up dead, Paul Kane in DoaPK and Paul Hammond in The White Knight again. Is that a coincidence?
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For some reason I'm sleeping really well right now. Sleep is like crack to me. It's my favorite thing. *g*
For some reason I've always thought that Steven and Stephen were pronounced differently in English, but I'm the first to admit that English is not even my first foreign language. I totally forgot about Paul from Lovers and Other Strangers, though!
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Hey there, Lex. I'd like to -- I'd like to explore what happens with Roland's book finally comes out. I think it could be funny and dark at the same time. Thanks for asking!