by Mary Jo
Editing and producing e-versions of earlier books is an interesting, nostalgic, and sometimes alarming process. I agree with everything Cara/Andrea said in her Wednesday discussion of the e-release of three of her Signet Regencies. Proofing forces an author to confront all the appalling writing weaknesses that she has been struggling to eliminate. Thank heaven that in popular fiction, a good story can trump wordiness! To a point, anyhow. <G>
I’ve just uploaded the ebook verson of Dearly Beloved, my first true Regency historical romance after I’d written 7 traditional Signet Regencies. I wanted a rock ‘em, sock ‘em story that would push the limits beyond anything I’d attempted, and I succeeded. I also wanted to do the sort of deception that Mary Stewart did in The Ivy Tree, where a plot twist makes what came before look different in light of new information.
Yes, I was probably biting off too much, but if I were a reasonable person, I wouldn't have become a writer. <G> Though I generally avoid Amazon reviews, I just noticed one that said Dearly Beloved was a book people either loved or hated. Luckily, this particular reviewer loved the book, but others didn't. Which is fine. No book is for everyone.
When my agent was sending out the manuscript, at least one editor refused to even consider it because the heroine, Diana Lindsay, goes to London to become a courtesan. But that is much too simple a description of the story.
Diana is a woman of instinct and intuition, and it is instinct that drives her from her remote Yorkshire home to find a better life. Dangerously beautiful, she realizes that being an elite courtesan will give her freedom and power, and London will give her young son more opportunities.
At her first venture into the demimonde, Diana meets Gervase, a haunted lord and spymaster who is entranced by her warmth and kindness. Soon they are locked in an intense, passionate love affair. But they each have their secrets, and their approaches to life are catastrophically different in ways that threaten to wrench them apart.
Here’s an excerpt, along with the original cover, which I loved for its tenderness. I think it looks more like the characters in my head than any other cover I've had:
In spite of their physical closeness Gervase was remote from her, his expression 
harsh and withdrawn. Diana leaned across the narrow gap for a light kiss, asking softly, “Is something wrong?”
His eyes were shadowed and he was silent for too long. “You’re like…an addiction. The more I have of you, the more I crave you.”
“And you dislike that?”
“I don’t want to need anyone. Ever.”
Diana felt the chill of his mood dispelling her contentment and she sat up, wrapping her cloak around her. Without true intimacy, it seemed wrong to be naked in front of him. Staring into the fire, she wondered what one could say to a man who preferred aloneness, who wanted to be sufficient unto himself. “You need air to survive, and food and drink and sleep. To be fully human, one also needs other people.”
To even discuss such matters was to betray vulnerability, and there was a long interval before he answered. “Needing objects is safe enough—one kind of food can easily replace another. To need people is dangerous because…it gives them power over you.”
Still looking at the fire, she drew her knees up and wrapped her arms around her legs, folds of cloak spilling around her to the rug. “Sometimes that is true, but why do you assume that others will always use their power against you?”
With a brittle laugh, he said, “Experience.”
She turned to face him. “Can you truly say that everyone you have ever cared about has abused your trust?”
Silence. Then, “No. The risk increases with the level of caring. If one cares only a little, there is only a little danger. The real risk is in…caring deeply.”
Diana felt pity that he couldn’t even bring himself to say the word “love.” What had happened to him, that the very thought of loving was so frightening? “Then you are in no danger from me. I can see what a bother it must be that your lust is temporarily out of control, but sex is just a “thing,’ like the need for food and drink.”
She wished he would leave so she could give way to tears. It was a mistake to love a man who daren’t love in return. She stood, her voice gently mocking. “Take comfort in the fact that soon I will not be a novelty and you can easily replace me with another woman.”
Gervase stood also, coming behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her against the hard length of his body. “Can I replace you that easily, Diana? Is that all that is between us—intemperate lust that will soon wane?”
She held herself rigid, fighting the desire to melt back against him. “I can’t answer that. Only you can.”
“But I don’t know the answer. I don’t even understand the question.”
Speaking from her own hurt, she said, “You don’t pay me enough to teach you the questions.”
His arms dropped away, and when he spoke it was in a voice of cool irony. “Good of you to remind me what is really between us. Since it is only vulgar money, there can be no danger.”
She turned to face him, her blue eyes stark with unhappiness. “You said that, not me. If that is what you choose to believe, then of course it must be the truth. After all, the customer is always right.”
He flinched back at her words. “If only it were that simple.” Placing his hands on Diana’s shoulders, he drew her to him. “But even after that spectacular sexual exchange has discharged physical desire, I still want you. And so I fear you.”
She softened then, wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her head on his shoulder. “Do you really think I could ever hurt you?”
He laid his cheek against her tangled hair, the scent of lilac poignant around them. “I don’t know. I really…just…do not know. And that is what frightens me.”
Dearly Beloved: Love it or hate it. The book was nominated for the RWA book of the year award and won the NJRW best historical of the year award. It also brought me my first hate mail.
Here’s a review quote from Terrie Figueroa of www.romrevtoday.com”
"Brimming with betrayal, passion, intrigue and love, Dearly Beloved is a novel that no romance reader should miss…It's a novel that will touch your heart, and a perfect example of what a romance novel should be."
I love the quote, though I don’t think the book is for every romance reader. <G>
The e-edition of Dearly Beloved is currently being uploaded to the usual platforms. The only current link I have is for Amazon, but Nook and Kobo and the others will follow over the next few days.
I have two more novels that I have yet to edit, format, and upload: Uncommon Vows, (my one medieval) and Lady of Fortune, originally a Signet Super Regency. They will become available later this year, but I have no idea when!
In the meantime, I’ll give a print copy of Dearly Beloved to someone who leaves a comment between now and midnight Saturday.
While I have your attention: I’m thinking of making some of my books available in print on demand (POD) editions, which look and cost about the same as a trade paperback. So, more expensive than mass market paperbacks. Do you have any 
thoughts about this? Would you consider buying the print edition of a book that is otherwise available only as an ebook? Let me know what you think, please!
Mary Jo, who would start POD with Thunder and Roses, first of the Fallen Angels series
Ms. Putney,
Ahead of reading your post in length, as I came in at the tailend… I wanted to respond to POD, is this similiar too OR is the same as: Espresso Book Machine, books!? IF so, I came across this very thing whilst researching indie bookshoppes, and I saw a video all about it! I was fascinated really, because it would answer my question of how to read backlist or out of print titles by authors I’m either already familiar with or am just getting the chance to read! 🙂 My answer is: YES! I’d rather happily buy a POD/EBM edition of a book to circument the fact that I do not own an ereader and do not read ebooks!!
For traditional readers like me (okay, who thought we’d live in an age where I’d have to say that!?) it’s the perfect solution!!
Now, give me a minute to go back and read your lovely post! 🙂 I’ve been battling a virus all week,… I attempted to attend the RWA event via Shindig but ended up with a technical malfunction on my end, so I *missed* it,… and then, wells, now I am trying to get caught back up with what I’ve missed! 🙁
Wow. I was so caught up in that scene, I nearly forgot it was only a ‘glimpse’!! Laughs. I sort of saw the underpinnings of the ‘twist’ in that short clipping,… I like stories that lurch you into unknown territory or take you somewhere else from where you expected to go.
I agree with you that either people will like the same books or they will hate books that others like — it’s a constant debate, I feel that has no right or wrong resolution. I oft find the books that I am keen to read are not usually the books others would read. And on the whole other side of the spectrum, I read mainstream AND inspirational books, so you can imagine the unique conversations I have at times!! 🙂
I think at the end of the day, it’s always a good idea to take a chance on a book, if you find it’s not to your liking, you can always put it down, donate it, or if it was borrowed, return it to the library! But, to judge a book by its cover, is like saying you judge a person by their appearances; to judge out of hand without knowing anything about a person or a character is just like casting the first stone;… I think that is a line that no one should cross.
In closing,… I celebrate authors and publishers who will consider using POD/EBM options to give all of us the chance to read the books that are either difficult to locate or are no longer available. I do not like it when there is no choice — as in the trend to write a ‘novella’ ahead of a ‘novel’ but the ‘novella’ is only in ebook format?! This is a bone of contention for me right now, inasmuch as I think they tend to forget to ask the readers what they’d prefer!? On that level, THANK YOU Ms. Putney for directing the question to THE READERS!
Ms. Putney,
Ahead of reading your post in length, as I came in at the tailend… I wanted to respond to POD, is this similiar too OR is the same as: Espresso Book Machine, books!? IF so, I came across this very thing whilst researching indie bookshoppes, and I saw a video all about it! I was fascinated really, because it would answer my question of how to read backlist or out of print titles by authors I’m either already familiar with or am just getting the chance to read! 🙂 My answer is: YES! I’d rather happily buy a POD/EBM edition of a book to circument the fact that I do not own an ereader and do not read ebooks!!
For traditional readers like me (okay, who thought we’d live in an age where I’d have to say that!?) it’s the perfect solution!!
Now, give me a minute to go back and read your lovely post! 🙂 I’ve been battling a virus all week,… I attempted to attend the RWA event via Shindig but ended up with a technical malfunction on my end, so I *missed* it,… and then, wells, now I am trying to get caught back up with what I’ve missed! 🙁
Wow. I was so caught up in that scene, I nearly forgot it was only a ‘glimpse’!! Laughs. I sort of saw the underpinnings of the ‘twist’ in that short clipping,… I like stories that lurch you into unknown territory or take you somewhere else from where you expected to go.
I agree with you that either people will like the same books or they will hate books that others like — it’s a constant debate, I feel that has no right or wrong resolution. I oft find the books that I am keen to read are not usually the books others would read. And on the whole other side of the spectrum, I read mainstream AND inspirational books, so you can imagine the unique conversations I have at times!! 🙂
I think at the end of the day, it’s always a good idea to take a chance on a book, if you find it’s not to your liking, you can always put it down, donate it, or if it was borrowed, return it to the library! But, to judge a book by its cover, is like saying you judge a person by their appearances; to judge out of hand without knowing anything about a person or a character is just like casting the first stone;… I think that is a line that no one should cross.
In closing,… I celebrate authors and publishers who will consider using POD/EBM options to give all of us the chance to read the books that are either difficult to locate or are no longer available. I do not like it when there is no choice — as in the trend to write a ‘novella’ ahead of a ‘novel’ but the ‘novella’ is only in ebook format?! This is a bone of contention for me right now, inasmuch as I think they tend to forget to ask the readers what they’d prefer!? On that level, THANK YOU Ms. Putney for directing the question to THE READERS!
Ms. Putney,
Ahead of reading your post in length, as I came in at the tailend… I wanted to respond to POD, is this similiar too OR is the same as: Espresso Book Machine, books!? IF so, I came across this very thing whilst researching indie bookshoppes, and I saw a video all about it! I was fascinated really, because it would answer my question of how to read backlist or out of print titles by authors I’m either already familiar with or am just getting the chance to read! 🙂 My answer is: YES! I’d rather happily buy a POD/EBM edition of a book to circument the fact that I do not own an ereader and do not read ebooks!!
For traditional readers like me (okay, who thought we’d live in an age where I’d have to say that!?) it’s the perfect solution!!
Now, give me a minute to go back and read your lovely post! 🙂 I’ve been battling a virus all week,… I attempted to attend the RWA event via Shindig but ended up with a technical malfunction on my end, so I *missed* it,… and then, wells, now I am trying to get caught back up with what I’ve missed! 🙁
Wow. I was so caught up in that scene, I nearly forgot it was only a ‘glimpse’!! Laughs. I sort of saw the underpinnings of the ‘twist’ in that short clipping,… I like stories that lurch you into unknown territory or take you somewhere else from where you expected to go.
I agree with you that either people will like the same books or they will hate books that others like — it’s a constant debate, I feel that has no right or wrong resolution. I oft find the books that I am keen to read are not usually the books others would read. And on the whole other side of the spectrum, I read mainstream AND inspirational books, so you can imagine the unique conversations I have at times!! 🙂
I think at the end of the day, it’s always a good idea to take a chance on a book, if you find it’s not to your liking, you can always put it down, donate it, or if it was borrowed, return it to the library! But, to judge a book by its cover, is like saying you judge a person by their appearances; to judge out of hand without knowing anything about a person or a character is just like casting the first stone;… I think that is a line that no one should cross.
In closing,… I celebrate authors and publishers who will consider using POD/EBM options to give all of us the chance to read the books that are either difficult to locate or are no longer available. I do not like it when there is no choice — as in the trend to write a ‘novella’ ahead of a ‘novel’ but the ‘novella’ is only in ebook format?! This is a bone of contention for me right now, inasmuch as I think they tend to forget to ask the readers what they’d prefer!? On that level, THANK YOU Ms. Putney for directing the question to THE READERS!
Ms. Putney,
Ahead of reading your post in length, as I came in at the tailend… I wanted to respond to POD, is this similiar too OR is the same as: Espresso Book Machine, books!? IF so, I came across this very thing whilst researching indie bookshoppes, and I saw a video all about it! I was fascinated really, because it would answer my question of how to read backlist or out of print titles by authors I’m either already familiar with or am just getting the chance to read! 🙂 My answer is: YES! I’d rather happily buy a POD/EBM edition of a book to circument the fact that I do not own an ereader and do not read ebooks!!
For traditional readers like me (okay, who thought we’d live in an age where I’d have to say that!?) it’s the perfect solution!!
Now, give me a minute to go back and read your lovely post! 🙂 I’ve been battling a virus all week,… I attempted to attend the RWA event via Shindig but ended up with a technical malfunction on my end, so I *missed* it,… and then, wells, now I am trying to get caught back up with what I’ve missed! 🙁
Wow. I was so caught up in that scene, I nearly forgot it was only a ‘glimpse’!! Laughs. I sort of saw the underpinnings of the ‘twist’ in that short clipping,… I like stories that lurch you into unknown territory or take you somewhere else from where you expected to go.
I agree with you that either people will like the same books or they will hate books that others like — it’s a constant debate, I feel that has no right or wrong resolution. I oft find the books that I am keen to read are not usually the books others would read. And on the whole other side of the spectrum, I read mainstream AND inspirational books, so you can imagine the unique conversations I have at times!! 🙂
I think at the end of the day, it’s always a good idea to take a chance on a book, if you find it’s not to your liking, you can always put it down, donate it, or if it was borrowed, return it to the library! But, to judge a book by its cover, is like saying you judge a person by their appearances; to judge out of hand without knowing anything about a person or a character is just like casting the first stone;… I think that is a line that no one should cross.
In closing,… I celebrate authors and publishers who will consider using POD/EBM options to give all of us the chance to read the books that are either difficult to locate or are no longer available. I do not like it when there is no choice — as in the trend to write a ‘novella’ ahead of a ‘novel’ but the ‘novella’ is only in ebook format?! This is a bone of contention for me right now, inasmuch as I think they tend to forget to ask the readers what they’d prefer!? On that level, THANK YOU Ms. Putney for directing the question to THE READERS!
Ms. Putney,
Ahead of reading your post in length, as I came in at the tailend… I wanted to respond to POD, is this similiar too OR is the same as: Espresso Book Machine, books!? IF so, I came across this very thing whilst researching indie bookshoppes, and I saw a video all about it! I was fascinated really, because it would answer my question of how to read backlist or out of print titles by authors I’m either already familiar with or am just getting the chance to read! 🙂 My answer is: YES! I’d rather happily buy a POD/EBM edition of a book to circument the fact that I do not own an ereader and do not read ebooks!!
For traditional readers like me (okay, who thought we’d live in an age where I’d have to say that!?) it’s the perfect solution!!
Now, give me a minute to go back and read your lovely post! 🙂 I’ve been battling a virus all week,… I attempted to attend the RWA event via Shindig but ended up with a technical malfunction on my end, so I *missed* it,… and then, wells, now I am trying to get caught back up with what I’ve missed! 🙁
Wow. I was so caught up in that scene, I nearly forgot it was only a ‘glimpse’!! Laughs. I sort of saw the underpinnings of the ‘twist’ in that short clipping,… I like stories that lurch you into unknown territory or take you somewhere else from where you expected to go.
I agree with you that either people will like the same books or they will hate books that others like — it’s a constant debate, I feel that has no right or wrong resolution. I oft find the books that I am keen to read are not usually the books others would read. And on the whole other side of the spectrum, I read mainstream AND inspirational books, so you can imagine the unique conversations I have at times!! 🙂
I think at the end of the day, it’s always a good idea to take a chance on a book, if you find it’s not to your liking, you can always put it down, donate it, or if it was borrowed, return it to the library! But, to judge a book by its cover, is like saying you judge a person by their appearances; to judge out of hand without knowing anything about a person or a character is just like casting the first stone;… I think that is a line that no one should cross.
In closing,… I celebrate authors and publishers who will consider using POD/EBM options to give all of us the chance to read the books that are either difficult to locate or are no longer available. I do not like it when there is no choice — as in the trend to write a ‘novella’ ahead of a ‘novel’ but the ‘novella’ is only in ebook format?! This is a bone of contention for me right now, inasmuch as I think they tend to forget to ask the readers what they’d prefer!? On that level, THANK YOU Ms. Putney for directing the question to THE READERS!
I am not all that familiar with POD so will stay out of the discussion, but would love to win a book. Dee
I am not all that familiar with POD so will stay out of the discussion, but would love to win a book. Dee
I am not all that familiar with POD so will stay out of the discussion, but would love to win a book. Dee
I am not all that familiar with POD so will stay out of the discussion, but would love to win a book. Dee
I am not all that familiar with POD so will stay out of the discussion, but would love to win a book. Dee
I’ve not used POD. But I’m kinda stingy with my printer ink, but some books are keepers and I can do that bettter with actual physical books. However, I am retired and can haunt various places that sell books, used & new..
I’ve not used POD. But I’m kinda stingy with my printer ink, but some books are keepers and I can do that bettter with actual physical books. However, I am retired and can haunt various places that sell books, used & new..
I’ve not used POD. But I’m kinda stingy with my printer ink, but some books are keepers and I can do that bettter with actual physical books. However, I am retired and can haunt various places that sell books, used & new..
I’ve not used POD. But I’m kinda stingy with my printer ink, but some books are keepers and I can do that bettter with actual physical books. However, I am retired and can haunt various places that sell books, used & new..
I’ve not used POD. But I’m kinda stingy with my printer ink, but some books are keepers and I can do that bettter with actual physical books. However, I am retired and can haunt various places that sell books, used & new..
POD is fine for books one can’t find any more or that are only ebooks.
By coincidence I just reread Dearly Beloved. I was looking for my copy of Spiral Path which I seem to have lost when I came across D.B.
There are no superficial emotions in either book — or in most of your books, Mary Jo. The books are rather intense and all the emotion isn’t found only in bedroom scenes. I thought I would read a chapter or two before getting to some tasks. The tasks are still waiting.
Very satisfying book.
POD is fine for books one can’t find any more or that are only ebooks.
By coincidence I just reread Dearly Beloved. I was looking for my copy of Spiral Path which I seem to have lost when I came across D.B.
There are no superficial emotions in either book — or in most of your books, Mary Jo. The books are rather intense and all the emotion isn’t found only in bedroom scenes. I thought I would read a chapter or two before getting to some tasks. The tasks are still waiting.
Very satisfying book.
POD is fine for books one can’t find any more or that are only ebooks.
By coincidence I just reread Dearly Beloved. I was looking for my copy of Spiral Path which I seem to have lost when I came across D.B.
There are no superficial emotions in either book — or in most of your books, Mary Jo. The books are rather intense and all the emotion isn’t found only in bedroom scenes. I thought I would read a chapter or two before getting to some tasks. The tasks are still waiting.
Very satisfying book.
POD is fine for books one can’t find any more or that are only ebooks.
By coincidence I just reread Dearly Beloved. I was looking for my copy of Spiral Path which I seem to have lost when I came across D.B.
There are no superficial emotions in either book — or in most of your books, Mary Jo. The books are rather intense and all the emotion isn’t found only in bedroom scenes. I thought I would read a chapter or two before getting to some tasks. The tasks are still waiting.
Very satisfying book.
POD is fine for books one can’t find any more or that are only ebooks.
By coincidence I just reread Dearly Beloved. I was looking for my copy of Spiral Path which I seem to have lost when I came across D.B.
There are no superficial emotions in either book — or in most of your books, Mary Jo. The books are rather intense and all the emotion isn’t found only in bedroom scenes. I thought I would read a chapter or two before getting to some tasks. The tasks are still waiting.
Very satisfying book.
Sometimes, I think I live out in the boonies of our country….I’ve only heard of POD once before, and would have no idea where to go to get POD books. However, I tend to read ebooks of authors’ backlists. I also make title recommendations to our librarian. If she can get the books in–no matter their format because she’s great like that–she will usually order in for me because those books tend to move, then fall apart because everyone else likes them as well. I don’t know what more I can say about the POD issue, as I assume that the technology will be available in my are soon. Best of luck figuring this out, and I really hope this comment was helpful to you.
Sometimes, I think I live out in the boonies of our country….I’ve only heard of POD once before, and would have no idea where to go to get POD books. However, I tend to read ebooks of authors’ backlists. I also make title recommendations to our librarian. If she can get the books in–no matter their format because she’s great like that–she will usually order in for me because those books tend to move, then fall apart because everyone else likes them as well. I don’t know what more I can say about the POD issue, as I assume that the technology will be available in my are soon. Best of luck figuring this out, and I really hope this comment was helpful to you.
Sometimes, I think I live out in the boonies of our country….I’ve only heard of POD once before, and would have no idea where to go to get POD books. However, I tend to read ebooks of authors’ backlists. I also make title recommendations to our librarian. If she can get the books in–no matter their format because she’s great like that–she will usually order in for me because those books tend to move, then fall apart because everyone else likes them as well. I don’t know what more I can say about the POD issue, as I assume that the technology will be available in my are soon. Best of luck figuring this out, and I really hope this comment was helpful to you.
Sometimes, I think I live out in the boonies of our country….I’ve only heard of POD once before, and would have no idea where to go to get POD books. However, I tend to read ebooks of authors’ backlists. I also make title recommendations to our librarian. If she can get the books in–no matter their format because she’s great like that–she will usually order in for me because those books tend to move, then fall apart because everyone else likes them as well. I don’t know what more I can say about the POD issue, as I assume that the technology will be available in my are soon. Best of luck figuring this out, and I really hope this comment was helpful to you.
Sometimes, I think I live out in the boonies of our country….I’ve only heard of POD once before, and would have no idea where to go to get POD books. However, I tend to read ebooks of authors’ backlists. I also make title recommendations to our librarian. If she can get the books in–no matter their format because she’s great like that–she will usually order in for me because those books tend to move, then fall apart because everyone else likes them as well. I don’t know what more I can say about the POD issue, as I assume that the technology will be available in my are soon. Best of luck figuring this out, and I really hope this comment was helpful to you.
I’m an international reader & I’m not sure POD applies where I live (Asia). I used to struggle to find good books at an affordable price in local bookstores (I read a lot) & ebooks has been such a revelation to me. There’s nothing quite like a printed copy but due to budget constraints & availability I’d probably stick with ebooks.
I’m an international reader & I’m not sure POD applies where I live (Asia). I used to struggle to find good books at an affordable price in local bookstores (I read a lot) & ebooks has been such a revelation to me. There’s nothing quite like a printed copy but due to budget constraints & availability I’d probably stick with ebooks.
I’m an international reader & I’m not sure POD applies where I live (Asia). I used to struggle to find good books at an affordable price in local bookstores (I read a lot) & ebooks has been such a revelation to me. There’s nothing quite like a printed copy but due to budget constraints & availability I’d probably stick with ebooks.
I’m an international reader & I’m not sure POD applies where I live (Asia). I used to struggle to find good books at an affordable price in local bookstores (I read a lot) & ebooks has been such a revelation to me. There’s nothing quite like a printed copy but due to budget constraints & availability I’d probably stick with ebooks.
I’m an international reader & I’m not sure POD applies where I live (Asia). I used to struggle to find good books at an affordable price in local bookstores (I read a lot) & ebooks has been such a revelation to me. There’s nothing quite like a printed copy but due to budget constraints & availability I’d probably stick with ebooks.
Print on Demand sounds fascinating and I would definitely buy it for a book that I have already read and loved and want to keep forever. I do mostly buy ebooks now, but there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated.
Print on Demand sounds fascinating and I would definitely buy it for a book that I have already read and loved and want to keep forever. I do mostly buy ebooks now, but there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated.
Print on Demand sounds fascinating and I would definitely buy it for a book that I have already read and loved and want to keep forever. I do mostly buy ebooks now, but there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated.
Print on Demand sounds fascinating and I would definitely buy it for a book that I have already read and loved and want to keep forever. I do mostly buy ebooks now, but there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated.
Print on Demand sounds fascinating and I would definitely buy it for a book that I have already read and loved and want to keep forever. I do mostly buy ebooks now, but there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated.
I would purchase a print version of a book that is already in ebook. One because I don’t have anything to read an ebook with and two because I just love holding a book and reading from a screen gives me a headache.
I would purchase a print version of a book that is already in ebook. One because I don’t have anything to read an ebook with and two because I just love holding a book and reading from a screen gives me a headache.
I would purchase a print version of a book that is already in ebook. One because I don’t have anything to read an ebook with and two because I just love holding a book and reading from a screen gives me a headache.
I would purchase a print version of a book that is already in ebook. One because I don’t have anything to read an ebook with and two because I just love holding a book and reading from a screen gives me a headache.
I would purchase a print version of a book that is already in ebook. One because I don’t have anything to read an ebook with and two because I just love holding a book and reading from a screen gives me a headache.
***at least one editor refused to even consider it because the heroine, Diana Lindsay, goes to London to become a courtesan.***
My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL!
I think offering a POD version is a smart thing to do (to those confused about POD, this just means the books are printed and bound when ordered, they’d be right there on Amazon or B&N like any other book*). Create Space and Lighting Source make it easy and nearly free to do so, so why not?
*This is similar to the services that currently allow you to have any public domain book in the vast Google Books library printed and delivered to your house in a matter of days. I’m a huge fan as I like my research books in print.
***at least one editor refused to even consider it because the heroine, Diana Lindsay, goes to London to become a courtesan.***
My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL!
I think offering a POD version is a smart thing to do (to those confused about POD, this just means the books are printed and bound when ordered, they’d be right there on Amazon or B&N like any other book*). Create Space and Lighting Source make it easy and nearly free to do so, so why not?
*This is similar to the services that currently allow you to have any public domain book in the vast Google Books library printed and delivered to your house in a matter of days. I’m a huge fan as I like my research books in print.
***at least one editor refused to even consider it because the heroine, Diana Lindsay, goes to London to become a courtesan.***
My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL!
I think offering a POD version is a smart thing to do (to those confused about POD, this just means the books are printed and bound when ordered, they’d be right there on Amazon or B&N like any other book*). Create Space and Lighting Source make it easy and nearly free to do so, so why not?
*This is similar to the services that currently allow you to have any public domain book in the vast Google Books library printed and delivered to your house in a matter of days. I’m a huge fan as I like my research books in print.
***at least one editor refused to even consider it because the heroine, Diana Lindsay, goes to London to become a courtesan.***
My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL!
I think offering a POD version is a smart thing to do (to those confused about POD, this just means the books are printed and bound when ordered, they’d be right there on Amazon or B&N like any other book*). Create Space and Lighting Source make it easy and nearly free to do so, so why not?
*This is similar to the services that currently allow you to have any public domain book in the vast Google Books library printed and delivered to your house in a matter of days. I’m a huge fan as I like my research books in print.
***at least one editor refused to even consider it because the heroine, Diana Lindsay, goes to London to become a courtesan.***
My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL!
I think offering a POD version is a smart thing to do (to those confused about POD, this just means the books are printed and bound when ordered, they’d be right there on Amazon or B&N like any other book*). Create Space and Lighting Source make it easy and nearly free to do so, so why not?
*This is similar to the services that currently allow you to have any public domain book in the vast Google Books library printed and delivered to your house in a matter of days. I’m a huge fan as I like my research books in print.
Dee. into the free book pot you go!
Dee. into the free book pot you go!
Dee. into the free book pot you go!
Dee. into the free book pot you go!
Dee. into the free book pot you go!
CateS–
If you have the time and available used bookstores, hunting through them is great fun. *G* Plus, these days it’s possible to get used copies of out of print books fairly easily. POD is good for those who prefer print, or for those books that were ebook originals, so there is no stock of used print books available. A lot of options available out there! But not all options for all books. Yet.
CateS–
If you have the time and available used bookstores, hunting through them is great fun. *G* Plus, these days it’s possible to get used copies of out of print books fairly easily. POD is good for those who prefer print, or for those books that were ebook originals, so there is no stock of used print books available. A lot of options available out there! But not all options for all books. Yet.
CateS–
If you have the time and available used bookstores, hunting through them is great fun. *G* Plus, these days it’s possible to get used copies of out of print books fairly easily. POD is good for those who prefer print, or for those books that were ebook originals, so there is no stock of used print books available. A lot of options available out there! But not all options for all books. Yet.
CateS–
If you have the time and available used bookstores, hunting through them is great fun. *G* Plus, these days it’s possible to get used copies of out of print books fairly easily. POD is good for those who prefer print, or for those books that were ebook originals, so there is no stock of used print books available. A lot of options available out there! But not all options for all books. Yet.
CateS–
If you have the time and available used bookstores, hunting through them is great fun. *G* Plus, these days it’s possible to get used copies of out of print books fairly easily. POD is good for those who prefer print, or for those books that were ebook originals, so there is no stock of used print books available. A lot of options available out there! But not all options for all books. Yet.
++there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated. ++
So true, NancyS. E-readers are great in some circumstances, but I think I’ll never move past my love of the printed book.
++there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated. ++
So true, NancyS. E-readers are great in some circumstances, but I think I’ll never move past my love of the printed book.
++there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated. ++
So true, NancyS. E-readers are great in some circumstances, but I think I’ll never move past my love of the printed book.
++there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated. ++
So true, NancyS. E-readers are great in some circumstances, but I think I’ll never move past my love of the printed book.
++there is something about the beautiful covers and the sound when you open a new book that can’t be duplicated. ++
So true, NancyS. E-readers are great in some circumstances, but I think I’ll never move past my love of the printed book.
Thanks for the feedback, Kate Mc. A lot of people still don’t have, or want, e-readers, which is why I’m considering the POD editions. An author doesn’t make as much on them, but I want all my readers to be able to enjoy my books in whatever they prefer.
Thanks for the feedback, Kate Mc. A lot of people still don’t have, or want, e-readers, which is why I’m considering the POD editions. An author doesn’t make as much on them, but I want all my readers to be able to enjoy my books in whatever they prefer.
Thanks for the feedback, Kate Mc. A lot of people still don’t have, or want, e-readers, which is why I’m considering the POD editions. An author doesn’t make as much on them, but I want all my readers to be able to enjoy my books in whatever they prefer.
Thanks for the feedback, Kate Mc. A lot of people still don’t have, or want, e-readers, which is why I’m considering the POD editions. An author doesn’t make as much on them, but I want all my readers to be able to enjoy my books in whatever they prefer.
Thanks for the feedback, Kate Mc. A lot of people still don’t have, or want, e-readers, which is why I’m considering the POD editions. An author doesn’t make as much on them, but I want all my readers to be able to enjoy my books in whatever they prefer.
+++My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL! ++
So very true, Isobel.
Some of the hate mail I got was about a secondary character who was gay but likable, not a monster. That’s another element that wouldn’t arouse a shrug today.
+++My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL! ++
So very true, Isobel.
Some of the hate mail I got was about a secondary character who was gay but likable, not a monster. That’s another element that wouldn’t arouse a shrug today.
+++My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL! ++
So very true, Isobel.
Some of the hate mail I got was about a secondary character who was gay but likable, not a monster. That’s another element that wouldn’t arouse a shrug today.
+++My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL! ++
So very true, Isobel.
Some of the hate mail I got was about a secondary character who was gay but likable, not a monster. That’s another element that wouldn’t arouse a shrug today.
+++My, how times have changed. No one even bats an eyelash at courtesan heroines these days. The only quibble you get is about writing “fake” ones, LOL! ++
So very true, Isobel.
Some of the hate mail I got was about a secondary character who was gay but likable, not a monster. That’s another element that wouldn’t arouse a shrug today.
Glad to hear that the book will be available again. I already have a print copy, the original edition. While I liked the intensity of the book, it is not my favourite, that would probably be Dancing in the Wind, closely followed by the others of the same series. I like your medieval too, though I am not too fond of the amnesia plot and think your heroine is too hard on the poor guy.
I do not have Lady of Fortune, and will certainly get the ebook version when it comes out.
I think it is certainly worth while offering print on demand versions, even if relatively expensive. There are always people like me who want to collect the entire backlist of their favourite writers. In my case I am switching to Ebooks because of declining eyesight, but I know many who prefer to have a printed book.
Glad to hear that the book will be available again. I already have a print copy, the original edition. While I liked the intensity of the book, it is not my favourite, that would probably be Dancing in the Wind, closely followed by the others of the same series. I like your medieval too, though I am not too fond of the amnesia plot and think your heroine is too hard on the poor guy.
I do not have Lady of Fortune, and will certainly get the ebook version when it comes out.
I think it is certainly worth while offering print on demand versions, even if relatively expensive. There are always people like me who want to collect the entire backlist of their favourite writers. In my case I am switching to Ebooks because of declining eyesight, but I know many who prefer to have a printed book.
Glad to hear that the book will be available again. I already have a print copy, the original edition. While I liked the intensity of the book, it is not my favourite, that would probably be Dancing in the Wind, closely followed by the others of the same series. I like your medieval too, though I am not too fond of the amnesia plot and think your heroine is too hard on the poor guy.
I do not have Lady of Fortune, and will certainly get the ebook version when it comes out.
I think it is certainly worth while offering print on demand versions, even if relatively expensive. There are always people like me who want to collect the entire backlist of their favourite writers. In my case I am switching to Ebooks because of declining eyesight, but I know many who prefer to have a printed book.
Glad to hear that the book will be available again. I already have a print copy, the original edition. While I liked the intensity of the book, it is not my favourite, that would probably be Dancing in the Wind, closely followed by the others of the same series. I like your medieval too, though I am not too fond of the amnesia plot and think your heroine is too hard on the poor guy.
I do not have Lady of Fortune, and will certainly get the ebook version when it comes out.
I think it is certainly worth while offering print on demand versions, even if relatively expensive. There are always people like me who want to collect the entire backlist of their favourite writers. In my case I am switching to Ebooks because of declining eyesight, but I know many who prefer to have a printed book.
Glad to hear that the book will be available again. I already have a print copy, the original edition. While I liked the intensity of the book, it is not my favourite, that would probably be Dancing in the Wind, closely followed by the others of the same series. I like your medieval too, though I am not too fond of the amnesia plot and think your heroine is too hard on the poor guy.
I do not have Lady of Fortune, and will certainly get the ebook version when it comes out.
I think it is certainly worth while offering print on demand versions, even if relatively expensive. There are always people like me who want to collect the entire backlist of their favourite writers. In my case I am switching to Ebooks because of declining eyesight, but I know many who prefer to have a printed book.
Linda-
You make good points. It’s quite possible that Amazon would make POD available in countries where they have stores, like the UK, Germany, Italy, etc, but I’m guessing that shipping charges would be a killer addition to the cost of anyone who doesn’t live in an Amazon country. Thank heaven for free delivery on ebooks!!!!
The Espresso book machine that another reader mentioned, which produces POD books right in a local bookstore, might someday be a reality, but we’re not there yet. Thanks for giving me the view of an overseas reader.
Linda-
You make good points. It’s quite possible that Amazon would make POD available in countries where they have stores, like the UK, Germany, Italy, etc, but I’m guessing that shipping charges would be a killer addition to the cost of anyone who doesn’t live in an Amazon country. Thank heaven for free delivery on ebooks!!!!
The Espresso book machine that another reader mentioned, which produces POD books right in a local bookstore, might someday be a reality, but we’re not there yet. Thanks for giving me the view of an overseas reader.
Linda-
You make good points. It’s quite possible that Amazon would make POD available in countries where they have stores, like the UK, Germany, Italy, etc, but I’m guessing that shipping charges would be a killer addition to the cost of anyone who doesn’t live in an Amazon country. Thank heaven for free delivery on ebooks!!!!
The Espresso book machine that another reader mentioned, which produces POD books right in a local bookstore, might someday be a reality, but we’re not there yet. Thanks for giving me the view of an overseas reader.
Linda-
You make good points. It’s quite possible that Amazon would make POD available in countries where they have stores, like the UK, Germany, Italy, etc, but I’m guessing that shipping charges would be a killer addition to the cost of anyone who doesn’t live in an Amazon country. Thank heaven for free delivery on ebooks!!!!
The Espresso book machine that another reader mentioned, which produces POD books right in a local bookstore, might someday be a reality, but we’re not there yet. Thanks for giving me the view of an overseas reader.
Linda-
You make good points. It’s quite possible that Amazon would make POD available in countries where they have stores, like the UK, Germany, Italy, etc, but I’m guessing that shipping charges would be a killer addition to the cost of anyone who doesn’t live in an Amazon country. Thank heaven for free delivery on ebooks!!!!
The Espresso book machine that another reader mentioned, which produces POD books right in a local bookstore, might someday be a reality, but we’re not there yet. Thanks for giving me the view of an overseas reader.
POD of your books, Mary Jo? AB SO LUTE LY !! I have already ordered POD books of several of my favorite authors – books they first published as e-books and are now making available in print. Some of these books I read for the first time on my kindle but I STILL want the paper book to add to my bookshelves. There is something about the tactile experience of reading a paper book that cannot be duplicated with even the very best e-reader. Perhaps younger generations won’t understand that concept, but for those of us who grew up reading bound books it never gets old.
And as many of my favorite authors begin to write some books for e-publication first I will continue to hope for a print version even after I have read the book on my e-reader. Good books are worth owning more than one copy.
POD of your books, Mary Jo? AB SO LUTE LY !! I have already ordered POD books of several of my favorite authors – books they first published as e-books and are now making available in print. Some of these books I read for the first time on my kindle but I STILL want the paper book to add to my bookshelves. There is something about the tactile experience of reading a paper book that cannot be duplicated with even the very best e-reader. Perhaps younger generations won’t understand that concept, but for those of us who grew up reading bound books it never gets old.
And as many of my favorite authors begin to write some books for e-publication first I will continue to hope for a print version even after I have read the book on my e-reader. Good books are worth owning more than one copy.
POD of your books, Mary Jo? AB SO LUTE LY !! I have already ordered POD books of several of my favorite authors – books they first published as e-books and are now making available in print. Some of these books I read for the first time on my kindle but I STILL want the paper book to add to my bookshelves. There is something about the tactile experience of reading a paper book that cannot be duplicated with even the very best e-reader. Perhaps younger generations won’t understand that concept, but for those of us who grew up reading bound books it never gets old.
And as many of my favorite authors begin to write some books for e-publication first I will continue to hope for a print version even after I have read the book on my e-reader. Good books are worth owning more than one copy.
POD of your books, Mary Jo? AB SO LUTE LY !! I have already ordered POD books of several of my favorite authors – books they first published as e-books and are now making available in print. Some of these books I read for the first time on my kindle but I STILL want the paper book to add to my bookshelves. There is something about the tactile experience of reading a paper book that cannot be duplicated with even the very best e-reader. Perhaps younger generations won’t understand that concept, but for those of us who grew up reading bound books it never gets old.
And as many of my favorite authors begin to write some books for e-publication first I will continue to hope for a print version even after I have read the book on my e-reader. Good books are worth owning more than one copy.
POD of your books, Mary Jo? AB SO LUTE LY !! I have already ordered POD books of several of my favorite authors – books they first published as e-books and are now making available in print. Some of these books I read for the first time on my kindle but I STILL want the paper book to add to my bookshelves. There is something about the tactile experience of reading a paper book that cannot be duplicated with even the very best e-reader. Perhaps younger generations won’t understand that concept, but for those of us who grew up reading bound books it never gets old.
And as many of my favorite authors begin to write some books for e-publication first I will continue to hope for a print version even after I have read the book on my e-reader. Good books are worth owning more than one copy.
Louisa–
Would that all readers were like you! I’m convinced–it’s time to start putting my books into POD. Probably slowly and one at a time, but I will set the wheels in motion. Thanks for the feedback.
Louisa–
Would that all readers were like you! I’m convinced–it’s time to start putting my books into POD. Probably slowly and one at a time, but I will set the wheels in motion. Thanks for the feedback.
Louisa–
Would that all readers were like you! I’m convinced–it’s time to start putting my books into POD. Probably slowly and one at a time, but I will set the wheels in motion. Thanks for the feedback.
Louisa–
Would that all readers were like you! I’m convinced–it’s time to start putting my books into POD. Probably slowly and one at a time, but I will set the wheels in motion. Thanks for the feedback.
Louisa–
Would that all readers were like you! I’m convinced–it’s time to start putting my books into POD. Probably slowly and one at a time, but I will set the wheels in motion. Thanks for the feedback.
Ms. Putney,
I’m a bit confused!? The EBM *is* here, as if you check out this link: http://ondemandbooks.com/ebm_locations_list.php it will show where the locations currently are where a person can purchase a POD book via an Expresso Book Machine! 🙂 There are locations overseas, in countries like: Canada, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, South Africa, China, U.A.E., Japan, Philippines, Australia, etc.
The bookshoppe I saw the video of this wicked new tech for books is: Bookshop Santa Cruz (California) http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ The video of the EBM in their store is on their homepage. I had my eyes glued to the screen watching this *book* materalise in front of me!
What I found quite interesting is that anyone from any country can order a book through the EBM system! If your books were in their inventory, someone in Asia could honestly get a book of yours! 🙂 That’s the beaut of it for me! It opens up the door to books that either take a decade to hunt for through used book resources OR were simply nowadays printed only as ebooks. :/
I’m simply confused why you said this is not yet a reality!? If I lived closer to one of the wicked sweet indie bookshoppes that had the EBM I’d be taking full advantage of it! 🙂 Especially since you can also score local indie authors not just backlist of authors!! 🙂 Their expanding locations each year, which I think is brilliant! 🙂
Ms. Putney,
I’m a bit confused!? The EBM *is* here, as if you check out this link: http://ondemandbooks.com/ebm_locations_list.php it will show where the locations currently are where a person can purchase a POD book via an Expresso Book Machine! 🙂 There are locations overseas, in countries like: Canada, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, South Africa, China, U.A.E., Japan, Philippines, Australia, etc.
The bookshoppe I saw the video of this wicked new tech for books is: Bookshop Santa Cruz (California) http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ The video of the EBM in their store is on their homepage. I had my eyes glued to the screen watching this *book* materalise in front of me!
What I found quite interesting is that anyone from any country can order a book through the EBM system! If your books were in their inventory, someone in Asia could honestly get a book of yours! 🙂 That’s the beaut of it for me! It opens up the door to books that either take a decade to hunt for through used book resources OR were simply nowadays printed only as ebooks. :/
I’m simply confused why you said this is not yet a reality!? If I lived closer to one of the wicked sweet indie bookshoppes that had the EBM I’d be taking full advantage of it! 🙂 Especially since you can also score local indie authors not just backlist of authors!! 🙂 Their expanding locations each year, which I think is brilliant! 🙂
Ms. Putney,
I’m a bit confused!? The EBM *is* here, as if you check out this link: http://ondemandbooks.com/ebm_locations_list.php it will show where the locations currently are where a person can purchase a POD book via an Expresso Book Machine! 🙂 There are locations overseas, in countries like: Canada, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, South Africa, China, U.A.E., Japan, Philippines, Australia, etc.
The bookshoppe I saw the video of this wicked new tech for books is: Bookshop Santa Cruz (California) http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ The video of the EBM in their store is on their homepage. I had my eyes glued to the screen watching this *book* materalise in front of me!
What I found quite interesting is that anyone from any country can order a book through the EBM system! If your books were in their inventory, someone in Asia could honestly get a book of yours! 🙂 That’s the beaut of it for me! It opens up the door to books that either take a decade to hunt for through used book resources OR were simply nowadays printed only as ebooks. :/
I’m simply confused why you said this is not yet a reality!? If I lived closer to one of the wicked sweet indie bookshoppes that had the EBM I’d be taking full advantage of it! 🙂 Especially since you can also score local indie authors not just backlist of authors!! 🙂 Their expanding locations each year, which I think is brilliant! 🙂
Ms. Putney,
I’m a bit confused!? The EBM *is* here, as if you check out this link: http://ondemandbooks.com/ebm_locations_list.php it will show where the locations currently are where a person can purchase a POD book via an Expresso Book Machine! 🙂 There are locations overseas, in countries like: Canada, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, South Africa, China, U.A.E., Japan, Philippines, Australia, etc.
The bookshoppe I saw the video of this wicked new tech for books is: Bookshop Santa Cruz (California) http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ The video of the EBM in their store is on their homepage. I had my eyes glued to the screen watching this *book* materalise in front of me!
What I found quite interesting is that anyone from any country can order a book through the EBM system! If your books were in their inventory, someone in Asia could honestly get a book of yours! 🙂 That’s the beaut of it for me! It opens up the door to books that either take a decade to hunt for through used book resources OR were simply nowadays printed only as ebooks. :/
I’m simply confused why you said this is not yet a reality!? If I lived closer to one of the wicked sweet indie bookshoppes that had the EBM I’d be taking full advantage of it! 🙂 Especially since you can also score local indie authors not just backlist of authors!! 🙂 Their expanding locations each year, which I think is brilliant! 🙂
Ms. Putney,
I’m a bit confused!? The EBM *is* here, as if you check out this link: http://ondemandbooks.com/ebm_locations_list.php it will show where the locations currently are where a person can purchase a POD book via an Expresso Book Machine! 🙂 There are locations overseas, in countries like: Canada, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, South Africa, China, U.A.E., Japan, Philippines, Australia, etc.
The bookshoppe I saw the video of this wicked new tech for books is: Bookshop Santa Cruz (California) http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ The video of the EBM in their store is on their homepage. I had my eyes glued to the screen watching this *book* materalise in front of me!
What I found quite interesting is that anyone from any country can order a book through the EBM system! If your books were in their inventory, someone in Asia could honestly get a book of yours! 🙂 That’s the beaut of it for me! It opens up the door to books that either take a decade to hunt for through used book resources OR were simply nowadays printed only as ebooks. :/
I’m simply confused why you said this is not yet a reality!? If I lived closer to one of the wicked sweet indie bookshoppes that had the EBM I’d be taking full advantage of it! 🙂 Especially since you can also score local indie authors not just backlist of authors!! 🙂 Their expanding locations each year, which I think is brilliant! 🙂
I have a quilting quarterly that I purchase POD and it’s been great. The quality has been very good, the pictures are full color and clear, and I love the ability to buy something I can’t find on regular shelves. That said, provided the book was MMP size, yes, absolutely, I’d buy them in a heartbeat!
But…your first hate mail? I wish you’d post it and your reaction to it. The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one…
:o)
I have a quilting quarterly that I purchase POD and it’s been great. The quality has been very good, the pictures are full color and clear, and I love the ability to buy something I can’t find on regular shelves. That said, provided the book was MMP size, yes, absolutely, I’d buy them in a heartbeat!
But…your first hate mail? I wish you’d post it and your reaction to it. The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one…
:o)
I have a quilting quarterly that I purchase POD and it’s been great. The quality has been very good, the pictures are full color and clear, and I love the ability to buy something I can’t find on regular shelves. That said, provided the book was MMP size, yes, absolutely, I’d buy them in a heartbeat!
But…your first hate mail? I wish you’d post it and your reaction to it. The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one…
:o)
I have a quilting quarterly that I purchase POD and it’s been great. The quality has been very good, the pictures are full color and clear, and I love the ability to buy something I can’t find on regular shelves. That said, provided the book was MMP size, yes, absolutely, I’d buy them in a heartbeat!
But…your first hate mail? I wish you’d post it and your reaction to it. The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one…
:o)
I have a quilting quarterly that I purchase POD and it’s been great. The quality has been very good, the pictures are full color and clear, and I love the ability to buy something I can’t find on regular shelves. That said, provided the book was MMP size, yes, absolutely, I’d buy them in a heartbeat!
But…your first hate mail? I wish you’d post it and your reaction to it. The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one…
:o)
Jorie–
Yes, I know the EBM exists, but the number of them is still fairly small, and the price of the machine if very high–around $125K when I Googled–so they aren’t likely to be common until and unless the price comes down dramatically.
Also, the issue with people in Asia buying books is not just the cost of the book, but the shipping costs. I just mailed a mass market sized book to Australia, and it cost something like $12–almost twice the cost of the book itself.
Soon these book options will be much more widespread, but we’re not quite to the point where EBMs are going to be common. Alas. *G* But soon, I hope.
Jorie–
Yes, I know the EBM exists, but the number of them is still fairly small, and the price of the machine if very high–around $125K when I Googled–so they aren’t likely to be common until and unless the price comes down dramatically.
Also, the issue with people in Asia buying books is not just the cost of the book, but the shipping costs. I just mailed a mass market sized book to Australia, and it cost something like $12–almost twice the cost of the book itself.
Soon these book options will be much more widespread, but we’re not quite to the point where EBMs are going to be common. Alas. *G* But soon, I hope.
Jorie–
Yes, I know the EBM exists, but the number of them is still fairly small, and the price of the machine if very high–around $125K when I Googled–so they aren’t likely to be common until and unless the price comes down dramatically.
Also, the issue with people in Asia buying books is not just the cost of the book, but the shipping costs. I just mailed a mass market sized book to Australia, and it cost something like $12–almost twice the cost of the book itself.
Soon these book options will be much more widespread, but we’re not quite to the point where EBMs are going to be common. Alas. *G* But soon, I hope.
Jorie–
Yes, I know the EBM exists, but the number of them is still fairly small, and the price of the machine if very high–around $125K when I Googled–so they aren’t likely to be common until and unless the price comes down dramatically.
Also, the issue with people in Asia buying books is not just the cost of the book, but the shipping costs. I just mailed a mass market sized book to Australia, and it cost something like $12–almost twice the cost of the book itself.
Soon these book options will be much more widespread, but we’re not quite to the point where EBMs are going to be common. Alas. *G* But soon, I hope.
Jorie–
Yes, I know the EBM exists, but the number of them is still fairly small, and the price of the machine if very high–around $125K when I Googled–so they aren’t likely to be common until and unless the price comes down dramatically.
Also, the issue with people in Asia buying books is not just the cost of the book, but the shipping costs. I just mailed a mass market sized book to Australia, and it cost something like $12–almost twice the cost of the book itself.
Soon these book options will be much more widespread, but we’re not quite to the point where EBMs are going to be common. Alas. *G* But soon, I hope.
+++The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one… :o)++
LOL! Perhaps I have the hate mail around somewhere, but I’m not sure where. There was a feminist letter along the lines of my book reinforcing the idea that women fall in love with their abusers, to which my reaction was to say read the book–that wasn’t what happened. To me, the book is about consequences–people who aren’t bad or stupid do some bad or stupid things, and fixing that isn’t easy.
There was another letter about the nice gay character, saying that if the reader had wanted to read about THAT, she’d have expected the book to be somewhere else in the bookstore. She was entitled to her feelings, but I wasn’t going to argue with her.
I will note that in a slightly later book, I have a villain who was an all purpose sexual abuser of both males and females, and no one complained about him. I’m pretty sure my nice guy got targeted because he was nice, not a monster.
But it’s been quite a few years. Times have changed. I think there is more tolerance, and more realization that the world isn’t black and white, but often many shades of gray.
+++The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one… :o)++
LOL! Perhaps I have the hate mail around somewhere, but I’m not sure where. There was a feminist letter along the lines of my book reinforcing the idea that women fall in love with their abusers, to which my reaction was to say read the book–that wasn’t what happened. To me, the book is about consequences–people who aren’t bad or stupid do some bad or stupid things, and fixing that isn’t easy.
There was another letter about the nice gay character, saying that if the reader had wanted to read about THAT, she’d have expected the book to be somewhere else in the bookstore. She was entitled to her feelings, but I wasn’t going to argue with her.
I will note that in a slightly later book, I have a villain who was an all purpose sexual abuser of both males and females, and no one complained about him. I’m pretty sure my nice guy got targeted because he was nice, not a monster.
But it’s been quite a few years. Times have changed. I think there is more tolerance, and more realization that the world isn’t black and white, but often many shades of gray.
+++The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one… :o)++
LOL! Perhaps I have the hate mail around somewhere, but I’m not sure where. There was a feminist letter along the lines of my book reinforcing the idea that women fall in love with their abusers, to which my reaction was to say read the book–that wasn’t what happened. To me, the book is about consequences–people who aren’t bad or stupid do some bad or stupid things, and fixing that isn’t easy.
There was another letter about the nice gay character, saying that if the reader had wanted to read about THAT, she’d have expected the book to be somewhere else in the bookstore. She was entitled to her feelings, but I wasn’t going to argue with her.
I will note that in a slightly later book, I have a villain who was an all purpose sexual abuser of both males and females, and no one complained about him. I’m pretty sure my nice guy got targeted because he was nice, not a monster.
But it’s been quite a few years. Times have changed. I think there is more tolerance, and more realization that the world isn’t black and white, but often many shades of gray.
+++The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one… :o)++
LOL! Perhaps I have the hate mail around somewhere, but I’m not sure where. There was a feminist letter along the lines of my book reinforcing the idea that women fall in love with their abusers, to which my reaction was to say read the book–that wasn’t what happened. To me, the book is about consequences–people who aren’t bad or stupid do some bad or stupid things, and fixing that isn’t easy.
There was another letter about the nice gay character, saying that if the reader had wanted to read about THAT, she’d have expected the book to be somewhere else in the bookstore. She was entitled to her feelings, but I wasn’t going to argue with her.
I will note that in a slightly later book, I have a villain who was an all purpose sexual abuser of both males and females, and no one complained about him. I’m pretty sure my nice guy got targeted because he was nice, not a monster.
But it’s been quite a few years. Times have changed. I think there is more tolerance, and more realization that the world isn’t black and white, but often many shades of gray.
+++The best writers get the best hate mail and the way it’s taken is such a good teaching tool for the rest of us waiting for our first one… :o)++
LOL! Perhaps I have the hate mail around somewhere, but I’m not sure where. There was a feminist letter along the lines of my book reinforcing the idea that women fall in love with their abusers, to which my reaction was to say read the book–that wasn’t what happened. To me, the book is about consequences–people who aren’t bad or stupid do some bad or stupid things, and fixing that isn’t easy.
There was another letter about the nice gay character, saying that if the reader had wanted to read about THAT, she’d have expected the book to be somewhere else in the bookstore. She was entitled to her feelings, but I wasn’t going to argue with her.
I will note that in a slightly later book, I have a villain who was an all purpose sexual abuser of both males and females, and no one complained about him. I’m pretty sure my nice guy got targeted because he was nice, not a monster.
But it’s been quite a few years. Times have changed. I think there is more tolerance, and more realization that the world isn’t black and white, but often many shades of gray.
I’m a recent convert to Kindle(on my iPad mini) so I am more likely to take a chance on a book I’ve never heard of, like DB, as an e-book. I have bought an occasional trade paperback from authors I really love, but that gets kind of expensive at the rate I go through books!
I’m a recent convert to Kindle(on my iPad mini) so I am more likely to take a chance on a book I’ve never heard of, like DB, as an e-book. I have bought an occasional trade paperback from authors I really love, but that gets kind of expensive at the rate I go through books!
I’m a recent convert to Kindle(on my iPad mini) so I am more likely to take a chance on a book I’ve never heard of, like DB, as an e-book. I have bought an occasional trade paperback from authors I really love, but that gets kind of expensive at the rate I go through books!
I’m a recent convert to Kindle(on my iPad mini) so I am more likely to take a chance on a book I’ve never heard of, like DB, as an e-book. I have bought an occasional trade paperback from authors I really love, but that gets kind of expensive at the rate I go through books!
I’m a recent convert to Kindle(on my iPad mini) so I am more likely to take a chance on a book I’ve never heard of, like DB, as an e-book. I have bought an occasional trade paperback from authors I really love, but that gets kind of expensive at the rate I go through books!
Karin, trade paperbacks ARE expensive! Even mass market costs can add up fast. I think the POD would only be for people who are really serious about having a print edition. But I do want my readers to have that option. Plus, there are people without e-reader who might like print. We live in multi-phasic world. *G*
Karin, trade paperbacks ARE expensive! Even mass market costs can add up fast. I think the POD would only be for people who are really serious about having a print edition. But I do want my readers to have that option. Plus, there are people without e-reader who might like print. We live in multi-phasic world. *G*
Karin, trade paperbacks ARE expensive! Even mass market costs can add up fast. I think the POD would only be for people who are really serious about having a print edition. But I do want my readers to have that option. Plus, there are people without e-reader who might like print. We live in multi-phasic world. *G*
Karin, trade paperbacks ARE expensive! Even mass market costs can add up fast. I think the POD would only be for people who are really serious about having a print edition. But I do want my readers to have that option. Plus, there are people without e-reader who might like print. We live in multi-phasic world. *G*
Karin, trade paperbacks ARE expensive! Even mass market costs can add up fast. I think the POD would only be for people who are really serious about having a print edition. But I do want my readers to have that option. Plus, there are people without e-reader who might like print. We live in multi-phasic world. *G*
I have to say Dearly Beloved was one of the first of your books I bought, it was what sold me on your stories! I still have my copy so I don’t need to go in the draw, just thought I’d tell you I loved that book! As for POD’s I likely wouldn’t do it myself, I use my e readers to get out of print stories. I personally am not picky about the medium, I just like a good read! However before I got my ipad mini or my kobo reader I found it very frustrating to find a new to me author and only have a limited selection of their newer material available, especially if I’d come into a series near the middle or end and couldn’t find the beginning books! I would have loved to know about POD then! Now I just check iBooks, or kobo!
I have to say Dearly Beloved was one of the first of your books I bought, it was what sold me on your stories! I still have my copy so I don’t need to go in the draw, just thought I’d tell you I loved that book! As for POD’s I likely wouldn’t do it myself, I use my e readers to get out of print stories. I personally am not picky about the medium, I just like a good read! However before I got my ipad mini or my kobo reader I found it very frustrating to find a new to me author and only have a limited selection of their newer material available, especially if I’d come into a series near the middle or end and couldn’t find the beginning books! I would have loved to know about POD then! Now I just check iBooks, or kobo!
I have to say Dearly Beloved was one of the first of your books I bought, it was what sold me on your stories! I still have my copy so I don’t need to go in the draw, just thought I’d tell you I loved that book! As for POD’s I likely wouldn’t do it myself, I use my e readers to get out of print stories. I personally am not picky about the medium, I just like a good read! However before I got my ipad mini or my kobo reader I found it very frustrating to find a new to me author and only have a limited selection of their newer material available, especially if I’d come into a series near the middle or end and couldn’t find the beginning books! I would have loved to know about POD then! Now I just check iBooks, or kobo!
I have to say Dearly Beloved was one of the first of your books I bought, it was what sold me on your stories! I still have my copy so I don’t need to go in the draw, just thought I’d tell you I loved that book! As for POD’s I likely wouldn’t do it myself, I use my e readers to get out of print stories. I personally am not picky about the medium, I just like a good read! However before I got my ipad mini or my kobo reader I found it very frustrating to find a new to me author and only have a limited selection of their newer material available, especially if I’d come into a series near the middle or end and couldn’t find the beginning books! I would have loved to know about POD then! Now I just check iBooks, or kobo!
I have to say Dearly Beloved was one of the first of your books I bought, it was what sold me on your stories! I still have my copy so I don’t need to go in the draw, just thought I’d tell you I loved that book! As for POD’s I likely wouldn’t do it myself, I use my e readers to get out of print stories. I personally am not picky about the medium, I just like a good read! However before I got my ipad mini or my kobo reader I found it very frustrating to find a new to me author and only have a limited selection of their newer material available, especially if I’d come into a series near the middle or end and couldn’t find the beginning books! I would have loved to know about POD then! Now I just check iBooks, or kobo!
What I love about romance novels is the winding road that gets the characters to their HEA.I can feel the depth of feeling from both characters just from your excerpt. I don’t have an ereader, but I do read books on the PC. My preference is still print books.
What I love about romance novels is the winding road that gets the characters to their HEA.I can feel the depth of feeling from both characters just from your excerpt. I don’t have an ereader, but I do read books on the PC. My preference is still print books.
What I love about romance novels is the winding road that gets the characters to their HEA.I can feel the depth of feeling from both characters just from your excerpt. I don’t have an ereader, but I do read books on the PC. My preference is still print books.
What I love about romance novels is the winding road that gets the characters to their HEA.I can feel the depth of feeling from both characters just from your excerpt. I don’t have an ereader, but I do read books on the PC. My preference is still print books.
What I love about romance novels is the winding road that gets the characters to their HEA.I can feel the depth of feeling from both characters just from your excerpt. I don’t have an ereader, but I do read books on the PC. My preference is still print books.
I’d buy a POD copy if it were mass market sized and priced. As that’s currently not feasible, my answer at the moment is no, I would not buy a paper copy, but then I own all your early books in the originals including the rewrites. 🙂 I hate trade with a passion, floppy, heavy, hurts my hands&wrists and hard to read in bed. I look forward to the day where Espresso Machines are an option everywhere and fervently hope they will be. As an aside I just finished rereading Silks and Secrets (Juliet and Ross are lovely together) and started on a reread of Veils of Silk.
I’d buy a POD copy if it were mass market sized and priced. As that’s currently not feasible, my answer at the moment is no, I would not buy a paper copy, but then I own all your early books in the originals including the rewrites. 🙂 I hate trade with a passion, floppy, heavy, hurts my hands&wrists and hard to read in bed. I look forward to the day where Espresso Machines are an option everywhere and fervently hope they will be. As an aside I just finished rereading Silks and Secrets (Juliet and Ross are lovely together) and started on a reread of Veils of Silk.
I’d buy a POD copy if it were mass market sized and priced. As that’s currently not feasible, my answer at the moment is no, I would not buy a paper copy, but then I own all your early books in the originals including the rewrites. 🙂 I hate trade with a passion, floppy, heavy, hurts my hands&wrists and hard to read in bed. I look forward to the day where Espresso Machines are an option everywhere and fervently hope they will be. As an aside I just finished rereading Silks and Secrets (Juliet and Ross are lovely together) and started on a reread of Veils of Silk.
I’d buy a POD copy if it were mass market sized and priced. As that’s currently not feasible, my answer at the moment is no, I would not buy a paper copy, but then I own all your early books in the originals including the rewrites. 🙂 I hate trade with a passion, floppy, heavy, hurts my hands&wrists and hard to read in bed. I look forward to the day where Espresso Machines are an option everywhere and fervently hope they will be. As an aside I just finished rereading Silks and Secrets (Juliet and Ross are lovely together) and started on a reread of Veils of Silk.
I’d buy a POD copy if it were mass market sized and priced. As that’s currently not feasible, my answer at the moment is no, I would not buy a paper copy, but then I own all your early books in the originals including the rewrites. 🙂 I hate trade with a passion, floppy, heavy, hurts my hands&wrists and hard to read in bed. I look forward to the day where Espresso Machines are an option everywhere and fervently hope they will be. As an aside I just finished rereading Silks and Secrets (Juliet and Ross are lovely together) and started on a reread of Veils of Silk.
MJ -a chuckle for me about times changing. Ward & June Cleaver were still fully clothed with twin beds in my early years, Peyton Place was a scandal. Georgette Heyer was my start on romance reading, then into What my hubby called the “Nurse Kelly goes to Rome” phase (the 70’s). For me, good storey and great characters are my thing, I skip the too much steam,and root for the humor and happy ever after. Love your books and will buy printable at times. I miss a book in hand dreadfully but the ebooks are too darn easy. I spend twice as much as I used to, so there is the rub.
MJ -a chuckle for me about times changing. Ward & June Cleaver were still fully clothed with twin beds in my early years, Peyton Place was a scandal. Georgette Heyer was my start on romance reading, then into What my hubby called the “Nurse Kelly goes to Rome” phase (the 70’s). For me, good storey and great characters are my thing, I skip the too much steam,and root for the humor and happy ever after. Love your books and will buy printable at times. I miss a book in hand dreadfully but the ebooks are too darn easy. I spend twice as much as I used to, so there is the rub.
MJ -a chuckle for me about times changing. Ward & June Cleaver were still fully clothed with twin beds in my early years, Peyton Place was a scandal. Georgette Heyer was my start on romance reading, then into What my hubby called the “Nurse Kelly goes to Rome” phase (the 70’s). For me, good storey and great characters are my thing, I skip the too much steam,and root for the humor and happy ever after. Love your books and will buy printable at times. I miss a book in hand dreadfully but the ebooks are too darn easy. I spend twice as much as I used to, so there is the rub.
MJ -a chuckle for me about times changing. Ward & June Cleaver were still fully clothed with twin beds in my early years, Peyton Place was a scandal. Georgette Heyer was my start on romance reading, then into What my hubby called the “Nurse Kelly goes to Rome” phase (the 70’s). For me, good storey and great characters are my thing, I skip the too much steam,and root for the humor and happy ever after. Love your books and will buy printable at times. I miss a book in hand dreadfully but the ebooks are too darn easy. I spend twice as much as I used to, so there is the rub.
MJ -a chuckle for me about times changing. Ward & June Cleaver were still fully clothed with twin beds in my early years, Peyton Place was a scandal. Georgette Heyer was my start on romance reading, then into What my hubby called the “Nurse Kelly goes to Rome” phase (the 70’s). For me, good storey and great characters are my thing, I skip the too much steam,and root for the humor and happy ever after. Love your books and will buy printable at times. I miss a book in hand dreadfully but the ebooks are too darn easy. I spend twice as much as I used to, so there is the rub.
Hey, Mary Jo, it’s 2:30 pm Saturday on the West Coast, so I am beating the midnight deadline.
I guess I, too, am living in the boonies, because I never heard of POD before, but I don’t have any interest in printing (all that ink!) a book from the internet. I’d rather buy a paperback. However, I do buy Kimble e-books, sometimes even if I have a paper copy, just so I can have a story available if I’m not home. I have not read Dearly Beloved, yet, and am looking forward to doing so, but I think I have most of your books and have always enjoyed them.
Diane
Hey, Mary Jo, it’s 2:30 pm Saturday on the West Coast, so I am beating the midnight deadline.
I guess I, too, am living in the boonies, because I never heard of POD before, but I don’t have any interest in printing (all that ink!) a book from the internet. I’d rather buy a paperback. However, I do buy Kimble e-books, sometimes even if I have a paper copy, just so I can have a story available if I’m not home. I have not read Dearly Beloved, yet, and am looking forward to doing so, but I think I have most of your books and have always enjoyed them.
Diane
Hey, Mary Jo, it’s 2:30 pm Saturday on the West Coast, so I am beating the midnight deadline.
I guess I, too, am living in the boonies, because I never heard of POD before, but I don’t have any interest in printing (all that ink!) a book from the internet. I’d rather buy a paperback. However, I do buy Kimble e-books, sometimes even if I have a paper copy, just so I can have a story available if I’m not home. I have not read Dearly Beloved, yet, and am looking forward to doing so, but I think I have most of your books and have always enjoyed them.
Diane
Hey, Mary Jo, it’s 2:30 pm Saturday on the West Coast, so I am beating the midnight deadline.
I guess I, too, am living in the boonies, because I never heard of POD before, but I don’t have any interest in printing (all that ink!) a book from the internet. I’d rather buy a paperback. However, I do buy Kimble e-books, sometimes even if I have a paper copy, just so I can have a story available if I’m not home. I have not read Dearly Beloved, yet, and am looking forward to doing so, but I think I have most of your books and have always enjoyed them.
Diane
Hey, Mary Jo, it’s 2:30 pm Saturday on the West Coast, so I am beating the midnight deadline.
I guess I, too, am living in the boonies, because I never heard of POD before, but I don’t have any interest in printing (all that ink!) a book from the internet. I’d rather buy a paperback. However, I do buy Kimble e-books, sometimes even if I have a paper copy, just so I can have a story available if I’m not home. I have not read Dearly Beloved, yet, and am looking forward to doing so, but I think I have most of your books and have always enjoyed them.
Diane
Sharlene–
You’re so right that it’s the winding road–the individual characters and conflicts–that makes romances satisfying and different. Anyone who thinks all romances are the same hasn’t read very many. *G*
Sharlene–
You’re so right that it’s the winding road–the individual characters and conflicts–that makes romances satisfying and different. Anyone who thinks all romances are the same hasn’t read very many. *G*
Sharlene–
You’re so right that it’s the winding road–the individual characters and conflicts–that makes romances satisfying and different. Anyone who thinks all romances are the same hasn’t read very many. *G*
Sharlene–
You’re so right that it’s the winding road–the individual characters and conflicts–that makes romances satisfying and different. Anyone who thinks all romances are the same hasn’t read very many. *G*
Sharlene–
You’re so right that it’s the winding road–the individual characters and conflicts–that makes romances satisfying and different. Anyone who thinks all romances are the same hasn’t read very many. *G*
This sounds fascinating, I would definitely love to read it, as it appears to go deeper into the emotions than many romances, rather than skimming lightly over them.
This sounds fascinating, I would definitely love to read it, as it appears to go deeper into the emotions than many romances, rather than skimming lightly over them.
This sounds fascinating, I would definitely love to read it, as it appears to go deeper into the emotions than many romances, rather than skimming lightly over them.
This sounds fascinating, I would definitely love to read it, as it appears to go deeper into the emotions than many romances, rather than skimming lightly over them.
This sounds fascinating, I would definitely love to read it, as it appears to go deeper into the emotions than many romances, rather than skimming lightly over them.
Jane–
It was indeed as intensely emotional as anything I’ve ever written. Diane and Gervase love each other desperately, but they get things SO WRONG! But in the end, love triumphs. Of course. That’s why I write romance. *G*
Jane–
It was indeed as intensely emotional as anything I’ve ever written. Diane and Gervase love each other desperately, but they get things SO WRONG! But in the end, love triumphs. Of course. That’s why I write romance. *G*
Jane–
It was indeed as intensely emotional as anything I’ve ever written. Diane and Gervase love each other desperately, but they get things SO WRONG! But in the end, love triumphs. Of course. That’s why I write romance. *G*
Jane–
It was indeed as intensely emotional as anything I’ve ever written. Diane and Gervase love each other desperately, but they get things SO WRONG! But in the end, love triumphs. Of course. That’s why I write romance. *G*
Jane–
It was indeed as intensely emotional as anything I’ve ever written. Diane and Gervase love each other desperately, but they get things SO WRONG! But in the end, love triumphs. Of course. That’s why I write romance. *G*