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How has the e-book changed being a reader and an unpublished writer?

Hello,

I got a Kindle for Christmas and it made me think about e-books. Would you buy both the Kindle download and a paperback if the book was extra special? Did you know that you can lend/ borrow some Kindle books? Isn't it great to be able to e-mail an MS to a Kindle as an unpublished writer?

I've written a blog post about this:

http://www.neetswriter.com/2012/01/how-has-e-book-changed-being-reader-and.html

Regards,

Anita

ps. hope I'm posting this in the right place!

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Permalink Reply by Kate Allan on January 30, 2012 at 18:04

I'm interested that despite the importance now of downloads in the music business, CDs have not disappeared. So I don't think paper books are going away any time soon. Ebooks have the potential to expand the market if anything and thus should be exciting to both readers and authors (and publishers).

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Permalink Reply by Lynne Connolly on February 7, 2012 at 1:21

I've been writing books for the digital first publishers for the last ten years, right from the Wild West days. So far, so good!

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Permalink Reply by Francine Howarth on February 7, 2012 at 11:25

I've written for both conventional, e-book publishers and now self-pubbing as well. Of the self-pubbed I tend to write novellas of which I sell as single Kindle versions and then collate them (3) as a paperback!

As a reader I'm tempted by e-books in the first instance, but will look to see if there is a paperback version if I really enjoyed it. It's the best way to find new unpublished (conventional sense) authors, of whom I love to help along the way. In fact, I've found more gems amongst the great unpublished than I have among best-sellers.