Thursday, September 16, 2010
Poisonous Gas Pumped into Afghan Girls' Schools
Please click the link and then help spread the love and the word by sharing the links wherever you are on the internet. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/asia/01gasattack.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=afghan%20girls%20sickening&st=cse Thanks for reading. :)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Ebooks
I'm glad that children's author KP Bath, author of The Secret of Castle Cant, was sentenced to six years in federal prison, but I wonder if it could have been more. The author was found to have a large collection of pornographic photographs and video clips of children in his Portland, Oregon, home. Bath's publisher, Little, Brown, abandoned another book from Bath, because of the allegations against him. This is disgusting. He is disgusting. *celebrating*
Did you know that Laura Lippman's new thriller, I'd Know You Anywhere, sold more ebooks than hardcovers during its first five days on sale?
Amazon.com announced in recently that it was selling more ebooks than hardcovers. Authors and publishers are now also starting to see ebooks outsell hardcovers. The Digits post says some experts believe ebooks could be 20% to 25% of publishers' total revenue by the end of 2012. The Ebook version outselling the hardcover version of a new novel will probably be a common occurrence by then. SAY HUH????
Outselling the hardcover version of a new novel=common occurrence?? I'm just sitting beside myself here. :) I thought this might happen, SOMEDAY. Not in a year or two.
On the last post, most of us agreed that actually touching the pages and smelling the sweet aroma of our hardcover books means a lot to us. Will hardcover books go the way of the old eight track tapes? Help us all!
Did you know that Laura Lippman's new thriller, I'd Know You Anywhere, sold more ebooks than hardcovers during its first five days on sale?
Amazon.com announced in recently that it was selling more ebooks than hardcovers. Authors and publishers are now also starting to see ebooks outsell hardcovers. The Digits post says some experts believe ebooks could be 20% to 25% of publishers' total revenue by the end of 2012. The Ebook version outselling the hardcover version of a new novel will probably be a common occurrence by then. SAY HUH????
Outselling the hardcover version of a new novel=common occurrence?? I'm just sitting beside myself here. :) I thought this might happen, SOMEDAY. Not in a year or two.
On the last post, most of us agreed that actually touching the pages and smelling the sweet aroma of our hardcover books means a lot to us. Will hardcover books go the way of the old eight track tapes? Help us all!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Great Post Over At Cassandra's place
Laura Diamond discusses scheduling writing time. Please check it out. Then hop over to Laura's house to read what Cassandra has to say females in fantasy. Follow the links. It's a blog chain people. (^_^)http://cassandrajade.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/guest-post-from-laura-diamond/#comment-3106
http://lbdiamond.wordpress.com/
http://lbdiamond.wordpress.com/
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Paper or Plastic?
Head over to Bish's place and watch the video. Please! http://bish-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/
You'll be glad you did.
You'll be glad you did.
Friday, September 10, 2010
This really is a business
Did you know that Amazon.com is selling more Kindle books than hardcover books? Say what? Uh-huh. That amazes this NON (never will) Kindle user.
Over the past three months for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, they've sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month for every 100 hardcover books sold, Amazon.com has sold 180 Kindle books. They sold 3x as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 as in the first half of 2009. This includes hardcover books where there is no Kindle edition, but this is still simply amazing.
Five authors- Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, James Patterson, and Nora Roberts have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books. Say what? Uh-huh. Okay, now I'm really amazed.
E-book sales grew 207 per cent year-to-date through May. Kindle book sales exceeded that.
Am I the only one that finds these numbers incredible?
I like to feel the book, smell it. But lots of folks love the convenience of a Kindle. These numbers prove that.
So this really is a business isn't it? :)
Over the past three months for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, they've sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month for every 100 hardcover books sold, Amazon.com has sold 180 Kindle books. They sold 3x as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 as in the first half of 2009. This includes hardcover books where there is no Kindle edition, but this is still simply amazing.
Five authors- Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, James Patterson, and Nora Roberts have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books. Say what? Uh-huh. Okay, now I'm really amazed.
E-book sales grew 207 per cent year-to-date through May. Kindle book sales exceeded that.
Am I the only one that finds these numbers incredible?
I like to feel the book, smell it. But lots of folks love the convenience of a Kindle. These numbers prove that.
So this really is a business isn't it? :)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Love the links and plotting = UGH
Plotting. A big fat UGH. I didn't plot SEVENTY TWO HOURS, and I paid the price during my 5000 revisions. So with this next book I have a synopsis and I am plotting my way through.
So how do I plot? I'm using Storybook. It helps you with structuring your book. Managing scenes, characters, locations. And keeps it all in one place. The best part? FREE! The hubby loves that word. ;)
Need help with plotting? Here is a free toy that should help your plotting time be a pleasurable experience.
http://storybook.intertec.ch/joomla/
Here's a great link for children's writers. Great posts, interviews, just fun stuff. I love that place. I'm not from Utah, but this is a great blog. Check it out.
http://utahchildrenswriters.blogspot.com/
Short post today, but home-school is just starting and I am plotting away. *wink*
So how do I plot? I'm using Storybook. It helps you with structuring your book. Managing scenes, characters, locations. And keeps it all in one place. The best part? FREE! The hubby loves that word. ;)
Need help with plotting? Here is a free toy that should help your plotting time be a pleasurable experience.
http://storybook.intertec.ch/joomla/
Here's a great link for children's writers. Great posts, interviews, just fun stuff. I love that place. I'm not from Utah, but this is a great blog. Check it out.
http://utahchildrenswriters.blogspot.com/
Short post today, but home-school is just starting and I am plotting away. *wink*
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