tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post2548630518422335475..comments2024-03-17T11:17:53.826+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Change of plan - Dennis HamleyKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15461036679410996162011-09-20T00:02:27.802+01:002011-09-20T00:02:27.802+01:00I e-published two of my novels because I couldn...I e-published two of my novels because I couldn't get anyone to print-publish them and to begin with I felt sad that they weren't "proper" books. I also felt I was somehow contributing to the demise of print in my small way. So as soon as my first e-book started selling in quantity, I did something I've always wanted to do - join the Folio Society!<br /><br />I'm thrilled with my "books beautiful". I'm also reconciled now to my e-books being "proper books". With no packaging, no hype, just the words, e-books take us right back to the art of spell-binding readers with nothing but a story. And I think that's magical.Linda Gillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747108591927491742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16130762725450546592011-09-15T12:56:00.636+01:002011-09-15T12:56:00.636+01:00I hope you're right about those Books Beautifu...I hope you're right about those Books Beautiful, Dennis, since my publisher Templar is bringing out some very beautiful hardcovers of my new children's series next year! <br /><br />But I actually think all these different formats (hardcover, paperback, e-book, enchanced e-book) can be made to work together powerfully for both publishers and authors, and the real challenge will be discovering the best way to do this.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5962922927576295152011-09-15T07:04:35.424+01:002011-09-15T07:04:35.424+01:00The Book Beautiful on the Cloud Bookcase - there&#...The Book Beautiful on the Cloud Bookcase - there's a nice image to contemplate. Except that the Books Beautiful that you're talking about, Dennis, reside on very earth-bound bookcases - and long may they continue to do so. Thanks for your observations. I'm with you on the beauty of books. Lately I acquired two first editions, one Charlotte Burne's 1856 Shropshire Folklore and the other its companion, The Shropshire Wordbook and I can't stop stroking them! <br /><br />My own favourite Book Beautiful, though, is Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales - hardback [and it needed to be from all the reading and rereading it had in my childhood] dog-eared, worn and loved beyond words for the fantasy and joy it brought into my dull suburban child's life.Pauline Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826696982301252524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84433050218567733902011-09-14T12:06:20.832+01:002011-09-14T12:06:20.832+01:00Sorry Sue, of course you're right. I rather l...Sorry Sue, of course you're right. I rather like the 'cloud bookcase'. Quite nice to be in, I should think. It sounds like a pleasant euphemism for an afterlife - and with the possibility of reincarnation as well.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51978375057105058052011-09-14T11:34:34.728+01:002011-09-14T11:34:34.728+01:00Fascinating, Dennis! You have your ear to the gro...Fascinating, Dennis! You have your ear to the ground, and this is very cheering.<br />But - you can't delete a book from your kindle. Or rather, you can, but you haven't lost it. Amazon keep it stored in your 'cloud bookcase', and when you want it, you just download it again.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34783002986344772412011-09-14T11:34:20.681+01:002011-09-14T11:34:20.681+01:00Fascinating, Dennis! You have your ear to the gro...Fascinating, Dennis! You have your ear to the ground, and this is very cheering.<br />But - you can't delete a book from your kindle. Or rather, you can, but you haven't lost it. Amazon keep it stored in your 'cloud bookcase', and when you want it, you just download it again.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com