tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post2027886999521532545..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Getting sucked in - Karen BushKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-363867554086703242012-01-13T11:44:55.595+00:002012-01-13T11:44:55.595+00:00Yes, Julia, the physical feel of a real book is un...Yes, Julia, the physical feel of a real book is unmatchable - and the colour and the smell when it's still new. That's why, pleased though I am (or will be) to see my ebooks, what I look forward to most is the chance to have them once again as paper books so that Anastasia's wonderful new covers can be seen properly.<br /><br />Yes Debbie,isn't Debi Gliori's 'Pure Dead...' series great. Funny, a genuinely unique sort of fantasy, an odd fusion of Scotland and Italy and superbly inventive. Books which made me really laugh out loud. I reviewed them all and was bowled over.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-42653886826632852592012-01-12T17:18:52.650+00:002012-01-12T17:18:52.650+00:00Kindle skins are what we need... book "covers...Kindle skins are what we need... book "covers" that fit over a Kindle, so when you turn it off or put it down, they remind you of the book you were reading.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73671538823883295332012-01-11T14:02:26.705+00:002012-01-11T14:02:26.705+00:00As an ex-book reviewer, I'm sure a good cover ...As an ex-book reviewer, I'm sure a good cover is really important, especially for a self-published book. And it's worth designing one to look good at the size it's displayed on the Amazon sites.Diana Kimptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268296811880401066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44062938073996667332012-01-10T20:59:08.752+00:002012-01-10T20:59:08.752+00:00I suppose that's why we all have to work so ha...I suppose that's why we all have to work so hard at marketing - the physical books and the physical booksellers aren't there to do it for us. My Kindle just looks dead and grey. I know that I must learn to love it - and I do, for some things, but I'll always relish the feel of a book and the design aspects and the colour. Good discipline, I suppose, to learn to put it all into words and get those imaginations racing ...julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66183071918070969472012-01-10T19:38:27.793+00:002012-01-10T19:38:27.793+00:00Gollancz did an experiment a few years back, well ...Gollancz did an experiment a few years back, well pre-ereader, and issued a set of sf/fantasy titles with plain fabric-effect covers in paperback. No title, no author (except on spine) - just lovely flock-damask you want to stroke. Apparently it was so that commuters could read without being embarrassed at the titles. Presumably it wasn't a success as I've never seen any more.Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44132128447444270462012-01-10T09:41:25.649+00:002012-01-10T09:41:25.649+00:00I think I find myself more rather than less drawn ...I think I find myself more rather than less drawn to e-covers if anything - they are the thing whilst browsing through pages and pages that make me single out one for a sniff. <br /><br />That Lian Hearn cover is remarkably like Murakami's 1Q84!<br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/1Q84-Books-1-Haruki-Murakami/dp/1846554071/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326188353&sr=1-1Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com