My book, Crown Phoenix: Night Watchman Express, is now on sale for 99 cents on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords.
Pick it up now and feed your Kindle!
(Kindle buy link to the left, or use the live links above.)
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Steampunk for Sale
A quick announcement :
My book, Crown Phoenix: Night Watchman Express, is now on sale for 99 cents on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords.
Pick it up now and feed your Kindle!
(Kindle buy link to the left, or use the live links above.)
My book, Crown Phoenix: Night Watchman Express, is now on sale for 99 cents on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords.
Pick it up now and feed your Kindle!
(Kindle buy link to the left, or use the live links above.)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Harry Potter and the Digital Age
It's hard to believe, but J.K. Rowling's series isn't available in e-book format yet. In order to read about Hogwarts, readers still need to go to a book store or library and procure seven big volumes.
I have the entire set on my book shelf; I bought the ones printed in the UK, since I wanted her original language. The Scholastic books are Americanized - Mum has become Mom, etc. But do you know what? When I get the money, I'll buy the entire Scholastic series too. I love JK that much.
Nothing against real, solid books. I love them. I've said it before, and I'll say it again now - there is nothing like the feel, the smell, and the aura of a new book. Or an old secondhand book. Or a library book. Fellow readers will know what I mean when I say that the experience of walking into an old library or a new bookstore and seeing all those books, all those possible worlds to explore, is pure luxury.
But let's say that I want to go to China. I'm a YA author, and I want to pack some inspiration. Am I going to fill my suitcase with JK's books? Not with present airline regulations and pricing.
I could put in The Last Good Knight by Connie J. Jasperson, or The King of Egypt by J.J. Makins, or Children of the Elementi by Ceri Clark, or - ahem - my own book, The Night Watchman Express. They are all good long reads - and they are in e-book format, which means I can have them all on my Kindle or iPad or even a laptop. And, if JK does decide to go "e," then I can have all of Harry, Hermione, and my fantasy boyfriend, Ron, as well.
It's a leap of faith to go to cyberspace with a book. There are wolves out there. I understand that the stakes are far higher for Ms Rowling than they are for my little offering. But I think that it's time.
I have the entire set on my book shelf; I bought the ones printed in the UK, since I wanted her original language. The Scholastic books are Americanized - Mum has become Mom, etc. But do you know what? When I get the money, I'll buy the entire Scholastic series too. I love JK that much.
Nothing against real, solid books. I love them. I've said it before, and I'll say it again now - there is nothing like the feel, the smell, and the aura of a new book. Or an old secondhand book. Or a library book. Fellow readers will know what I mean when I say that the experience of walking into an old library or a new bookstore and seeing all those books, all those possible worlds to explore, is pure luxury.
But let's say that I want to go to China. I'm a YA author, and I want to pack some inspiration. Am I going to fill my suitcase with JK's books? Not with present airline regulations and pricing.
I could put in The Last Good Knight by Connie J. Jasperson, or The King of Egypt by J.J. Makins, or Children of the Elementi by Ceri Clark, or - ahem - my own book, The Night Watchman Express. They are all good long reads - and they are in e-book format, which means I can have them all on my Kindle or iPad or even a laptop. And, if JK does decide to go "e," then I can have all of Harry, Hermione, and my fantasy boyfriend, Ron, as well.
It's a leap of faith to go to cyberspace with a book. There are wolves out there. I understand that the stakes are far higher for Ms Rowling than they are for my little offering. But I think that it's time.
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