Holly: This week hasn’t been much better for me reading-wise. I started several books, but had a hard time focusing long enough to finish any of them. I finally fell into a story and 1/4 of the way through it started dragging. Tucker’s Crossing by Marina Adair. Very slow going. I might set it aside […]
I’ve been published in “digital first” for my entire writing career, though it didn’t start being called that until recently. E-publishing began in the mid 1990s, as technology and an ever-smaller, more reachable world enabled just about anyone to become a publisher. I sold my first book to Avid Press in 1999, and when it […]
When people ask me if my books will be available in print, and I say no, they often offer condolences. Despite the success of e-readers and the proliferation of incredibly successful e-books, it’s still viewed as a publishing consolation prize. Personally, I don’t want my books available in p-book form. Traditional, physical books are appropriate […]
Digital Publishing. Ten years ago, I’d have to write a few pages to explain what that term means. Today just about everyone knows what Kindle and Nook are, and what a handful of digital first publishers have done to revolutionize publishing as we know it. Digital publishing is still in its infancy today, though some […]
Journey to the Digital Darkside Back in late 2009, I heard that Carina Press, a digital-first imprint of Harlequin, was looking for submissions. I was lucky enough to be accepted as one of their launch authors with my debut novel Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator. Since I was going to be digitally published, I figured […]