I sold my first book to Samhain Publishing in 2006. Only six years ago. However, when thinking back over the life of digital books, it sure seems far longer. Although digital publishing has been around since the 1990’s, the mid-2000’s saw a bit more interest. And at that time, I was looking for something new and different. The big six publishers were tough to get into and agents seemed even tougher (although I did get one later that same year). Samhain seemed like a sound company and so I took a shot. Besides, they would eventually put my book into print. (At that time, it was only 3 months later. Now it’s 9-12 months later.)
And so THE PRICE OF DISCOVERY was released late 2006, followed shortly by my erotic short story TABOO. They didn’t sell much. All I heard from family and friends and others I knew was – “when will this be in print so I can read it?” LOL! So much for being adventurous! Of course, eventually THE PRICE OF DISCOVERY did go into print. And by the time I sold BEAUTY TEMPTS THE BEAST to Samhain in 2009, ebooks were finally starting to take off. The next year saw A TARNISHED HEART and now THE IRON HEART in 2012.
And what a difference six years makes. Now when I tell people about my book I hear instead: “can I get that on Kindle or Nook?” I always have to laugh and explain that ALL of my books are available electronically…and I actually prefer they purchase them that way since a digital-first publisher typically pays much higher royalties that way! I can’t wait to see what the future brings in the digital and print world…for both myself and readers!
Giveaway: One lucky winner will win the choice of one of Leslie’s books from her backlist. Leave a comment on this post along with your email address no later than 7:00pm on July 3rd to enter.
You can see a list of Leslie’s books here.
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Hi Leslie!
It's amazing to see the changes in ebooks in the past few years. I love that there are so many digital first books available. I have to admit I'm also incredibly happy that print publishers are releasing ebooks at the same time. Just a few years ago I may or may not have found a print book in e format and that was hugely frustrating.
Thanks for being on Tracy's Place!
I am looking forward to reading your books, as you are a new author to me. I was looking at the back list and I do love a historical romance…Thanks for the chance to win.
Yvette
yratpatrol@aol.com
It is amazing to see the changes in the industry. I got my first e-reader years ago, long before the Sony and Kindle were released and I've been hooked ever since. The best thing now is the wide array of choices in ebooks. My old Gemstar reader had a total of about 10,000 books available for it and I thought that was great at the time, but it was always frustrating to go looking for a book only to find it wasn't available electronically.
jen(at)delux(dot)com
Hello Leslie,
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to spend time with Us & offer such a very generous giveaway. You are a new Author to me & I am LQQking forward to reading your Books.
I would very much appreciate if I could be considered in your giveaway. Thank you.
Take care & Best Wishes,
PaParanormalFan Renee’ S.
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