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?
Adrian, why are you anti-kindle?
I'm dyslexic and the difference an e-reader has made to my ability to read at all is astonishing - the e-ink has a lower contrast with the background that with some books, the font is standardised (and adjusted to my preference) across all books (no more white space taking over the page). I love the Vintage paperbacks, but their text is uncomfortably small and dense - they are very difficult for me to read.
I still buy physical books, but for the big blockbuster novels which you likely only read once, e-readers are perfect. Not everybody has an infinite amount of space to store books on the off chance they'll want to read them again, or the income to buy 2 full-price books a week. Most of my purchases are from the Kindle Daily Deal or other special offers and I've discovered many new authors this way. I've bought more books since having my Kindle that I have in the last five years and - more importantly - I've read them.
That said, I do think there needs to be a shift towards people valuing ebooks - 20p for The Strangers Child is criminal. Even if it were part of a promotional thing, 20p is too cheap. I don't think books should be lower than 99p, and only that price as part of a clearly promoted sale with an end date (I like to think I've got a bargain :) ).
I would let the book sell in book form before deciding whether to sell through kindle. I confess, I am anti-kindle.
Preferred medium, sorry. Lol