The Apple devices are great. I find the iPhone a little small for me to read comofortably, but I've been reading Kindle books on my husband's iPad. The problem is, we always seem to want to use it at the same time!
It's great hearing everyone's opinions. I love to have both print and eBooks, too. I love having a large number of eBooks on my eReader--it's so convenitent--and I love being able to buy them any time of the day and night. I tend to be a night owl and am often still up at 3, 4 or even 5 in the morning.
I love print books, too. I love books with pictures, like for the crafts I do (actually, just read about nowadays), or for dance or costumes, etc. Also, I have a lot of friends who are authors and I always buy their books in print if I can, especially so I can get them autographed!
Peggy, I undersand your concern about putting publishers and bookstores out of business. At the writing conferences and author chat loops I belong to we talk a lot about that. The big publishers have seen this trend coming and are changing their business to incorporate eBooks. St. Martin's Press (part of Macmillan) is the big publisher that I write for and they have had my books in eBook form (as well as print) for a couple of years now. Most of the smaller publishers I know about have been in eBooks from the start, so they are doing very well with the expanding digital market, but then the ones I'm familiar with started out primarily as ePublishers, with print books secondary.
The bookstores are a big concern. The chains are selling eBooks on-line, but will that be enough? And what will the independent bookstores do? I really hate to see bookstores closing and I hope they find a way to stay profitable in the changing market. I'm all for supporting our bookstores and try to get out to my local bookstores as often as I can! I have two sons, and both of them and my husband are avid readers. My sons do not like digital books, so we have LOTS of print books around my house, including novels, textbooks (since both boys are in university), and other books related to their studies.
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Joanne and Lisa, you’re right that doing the research is almost as fun as writing the book!
Carol, I’m glad you enjoyed Secret Ties. That was one of my favourite books so far. And I agree about Antonio Bandera. Mmm!
Diane, I’m happy to see another Ottawa resident here. I’m signing at Chapters at South Keys on Feb. 6th and Chapters at Gloucester on Feb 13th so feel free to drop by and say hi!
Maggie, you’d love taking Tango lessons. If you talk Antonio into volunteering, I’ll drive out to watch all your lessons!
Erin, it’s nice to hear from another fan of my books. Twin Fantasies was the first book I sold to St. Martin’s and has a special place in my heart!
Thanks everyone for the good wishes and encouragement. Good luck to all of you for the draw!
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