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I'm all for "cozy" mysteries as the gruesome stuff gives me nightmares and foul language adds little to a book. I've written a series of cozies, "The Mystery Club Solves a Murder," etc. about old ladies living in a retirement building and solving crimes. All four can be had in one volume at lulu.com. I do occasionally have a sex scene, but don't write erotica.
Interesting: Zumaya's last royalty report indicated that twice as many of the sales were in digital format. Do you have a kindle or other ebook reader?
i'm in agreement here, IJ. much prefer Val's Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series. for all the aussies, Val McDermid will be a presenter at this year's Davitt Awards. she's a fabulous person.
Greg Isles' Third Degree. I'm having a difficult time getting into this one but I'll keep reading.
As an author of books offered in both ebook and paperback formats, I'm curious about how many in this group read books on ereaders versus print media. Our local library offers downloads of ebooks from Great Lakes Digital Libraries. What's your experience? ==Harley L. Sachs www.hu.mtu.edu/~hlsachs
I have a Kindle, Harley, and I love it. I will even pay nominally slightly more for a book in that format. The books read I keep on my file at Amazon and can retrieve at any time to reread or check the notes I've made in them. I used to have a large bookcase with over a thousand books and I prefer this to that.
I have such a large collection that space is important. Ebooks don't take up shelf space. I read either one. I don't have an e-reader, though, so the ebooks are on computer discs.
Finally got around to reading 'Mr. Clarinet' by Nick Stone. Well written, keeps me turning pages. Someone once said it was pretty grim, and while that may be true, its no more grim than much of crime fiction. Definitely an easier read than Mo Hayder's stuff, LOL!
I think the Kindle downloads are overpriced, as other downloads run from free to about five bucks. I await the second round on the iPad. Usually first generation gadgets need improvement, like never buy a brand of car the first year it comes out. Customers do the road testing and the flaws presumably get fixed later. If am am a test driver, I want the car for free.
But surely that applies to the gadget and not the books. It's the gadget that may be flawed. The books have been around before.
right, it's the gadgets. I have a "Bookman" I got for $50 and is no longer made. Conversion of books to read on the gadsget was not difficult. But I hate to have to poke a screen with a stylus to change to the next page. The Bookman would get amnesia if the AAA batteries failed, which was frequent, and then you had to reboot the whole system off your computer, I installed a memory stick to back up the system, but it was tedious and irritating. If the manufacturer made the memory permanent and used a rechargeable battery the thing would have been a success, as it also recorded message, had back lighting, and other good features.
It's not that flawed. Of course it will get better and cheaper. Kindle just reduced their price. This thing from Apple looks like it might be competition although it's bigger and more costly.
I agree that they are massively overpriced. There's no justification for charging as much for an ebook as for a print book. The materials hardly cost anything once the file is set up.

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