A hyperthetical question.
If you were told by an agent and publisher that your novel had the potential to be a best-seller. Would you want to prohibit kindle sales?
A hyperthetical question.
If you were told by an agent and publisher that your novel had the potential to be a best-seller. Would you want to prohibit kindle sales?
I believe kindle sales of novels have reached 30 per cent. I strongly object to the low prices. Budding authors should not be exploited. If it is not worthwhile to write then why bother?
Recently, I have seen more people reading books, than using a kindle on tubes, trains, and buses. My observations may not be important. But I wonder if kindle will march on relentlessly, or be a passing trend. Kindle may reach a peak, and then fall out of fashion.
Nowadays I do prefer to read a book on my Kindle but having said that I rarely now buy books from a book shop which is something I used to enjoy doing. My non-fiction book is available in hard copy and Kindle and, like Victoria, I agree that a readers preferred medium is their own choice.
Although the Kindle books are cheaper, they are not so easy to pass on to people, so if a friend wants to read something you've just read on yours you'd either need to lend them your Kindle or they'd have to download a copy onto their own (or buy the book). So maybe the sales would then even out between books and e-books
I agree with Adrian, personally myself I find Kindles difficult and prefer a book. I wouldn't stop my book being published through Kindle, because I know so many people love them. I guess I'm just old fashioned :D.