 Fantasy: April 23, 2014 Issue [#6281] |
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This week: Printed Books versus E-Books Edited by: Prosperous Snow celebrating  
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Are physical books dead?
Is the technology used to print physical books outdated?
Are e-books better?
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In research this newsletter I encountered two schools of thought on this subject. The first school say that printed books are better because of the enhanced retention level after reading the books, it is easier to take notes from a printed source, and the ability for parents to co-read a book with their children http://www.sentinelprinting.com/blog/bid/267575/The-Benefits-of-Printed-Books. The other school of thought states that e-books are better because it is easier to publish a book using an e-book app. I admit that it is easier and faster to self publish using an e-book app, but I do not believe printed books are dead and ready to be regulated to the Antique Road Show rather then the library.
The reason I believe this comes from a personal experience I had last week. On Monday I went to the library to get library card, at the time I thought the only time I would use the card was when I needed to use their computers. The day I got the card, I realize I was wrong in my assumption of when I would use the card. The day I got the card, I went to the new book section and checked out a book of poem. I never heard of the author and I probably would not have even noticed her name if I was downloading a book to an e-reader. I would have chosen an entirely different author.
I brought the book home, sit down on the love seat, and begin reading. It is amazing how much fun it is to hold a book in your hand when you read. Holding the book, I could get up and leave the book for a few minutes and come back to it without worrying that I would losing battery power, the electricity going off, or my Internet connection cutting out. With a printed book, I can return to reading without losing my place because of a technological malfunction. If am reading a book online and the technology goes haywire then I have to start all over again because I lost my place, but this never happens when I am reading a printed book.
I encourage any authors reading this to consider both the printed medium and the e-book medium because you have wider range of readers. What I want you to remember is that the printed medium has numerous advantages over the e-book medium. One advantage the a printer book is that you do not need batteries or any type of technology to read it. If the electricity goes out, you can read a printed book by candlelight, flashlight, or sunlight. I suspect you might even be able to read a printed book by full moonlight, but I have not had that experience. |
The package arrived unrequested. When he first saw it, Chuck assumed it was some new piece of junk his mom had bought. But no, it was addressed to him, Charles "Chuck" Freeman. He tried to remember if he has ordered anything online recently. Perhaps it was new pair of football cleats, or a new basketball jersey. He looked at the return address. CronoLabs? He was sure he hadn't ordered anything from a nerdy sounding place like that. He double checked the address again. Wait, did that say Dr. Charles Freeman? Someone must have screwed up his address with another guy's, probably some old scientist. He set the box down as was about to head down to the court to shoot some hoops, but his curiosity got the better of him. No sense just sending it back without at least opening it.
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So much to tell I find it hard to figure out where to start, but I suppose it's best to start with a little about me. My name of record is Jonathan Robert Thomas. Yeah, three first names right? Not my fault, my parents were a little out there. Now though, except for a billion or so computer entries about me, I am known as JonTom or JT. Easier on the ears anyway right? A few years back I was a top tier wetware/machine integration doctor and developer for AceMedTech Corp in northern Illinois city-state of Chicago.
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A place to stash my very short Steampunk ditties. Feel free to peruse these musings. If you enjoy what you read, please feel free to leave a review! Most appreciated indeed.
The moon, a shining disk of permanence, was full in the starless, bright Manhattan sky. The man walked within the crowd, fading into the boundaries of ordinance, and becoming the face of ordinary. Like the others, he did not raise his eyes towards the bountiful sky because within that realm only machines made by man existed anymore. Nothing of beauty, nothing of wonder and constant change. The lights of man's greatest achievement drowned out by millions upon millions of flickering stars.
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One alien sat down in his chair and gloated, “I’ve abducted more humans than you have cows!”
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Quick-Quill  writes: Thank you for this NL. I was set to self-publish with createspace then ebook with smashwords. Last night I met a woman in the Red Hat group I belonged to. After hearing my work on the novel she was adamant I try to mainstream publish. "Go for it. So what if it takes a year. The way your beta readers have responded to it, I think its worth the try." Now I'm confused. I know nothing about submitting to agents/publishers. This could become a long blog!
StephBee  writes: Amazon has a format to self publish. I believe it's free and it does both ebooks and print through Create Space. If anything, if you self publish it's important to take your time and go slow - don't rush the process so you put forth a very professional produc
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