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What goes around poll
There's been a sort of movable discussion wandering through a couple writer communities I'm part of, brought on in part by writers who are trying to figure out how best to grow their audience, make a living, and maybe even get a bigger piece of the action.
Not surprisingly, many of these conversations come 'round to web serialization for fun and profit, what works, what doesn't. Some folks are of the opinion that giving one's work away "for free" is always a bad deal for the writer, some folks think that giving work away "for free" is the wave of the future, whereupon we're all gonna starve, some folks think that asking readers to kick in a buck for downloading a novel direct from the author is tacky, some think it's OK, but that no one will pay.
In other words, it's a complicated subject and lots of bright people are struggling to make sense of it, and to figure out how to work current realities to their benefit while simultaneously trying to figure out where current realities are going to take us in one, three, six years.
Now, Steve and I did well with our web serializations. I honestly don't know if that's because of a Paradigm Shift, or because we have Incredibly Cool Fans(TM), or because we were writing a Liaden story -- or a combination of all those factors and a bunch that I haven't thought of.
In the spirit of trying to figure some stuff out myself, I offer the following poll, going from the general to the specific.
[Poll #1381306]
Not surprisingly, many of these conversations come 'round to web serialization for fun and profit, what works, what doesn't. Some folks are of the opinion that giving one's work away "for free" is always a bad deal for the writer, some folks think that giving work away "for free" is the wave of the future, whereupon we're all gonna starve, some folks think that asking readers to kick in a buck for downloading a novel direct from the author is tacky, some think it's OK, but that no one will pay.
In other words, it's a complicated subject and lots of bright people are struggling to make sense of it, and to figure out how to work current realities to their benefit while simultaneously trying to figure out where current realities are going to take us in one, three, six years.
Now, Steve and I did well with our web serializations. I honestly don't know if that's because of a Paradigm Shift, or because we have Incredibly Cool Fans(TM), or because we were writing a Liaden story -- or a combination of all those factors and a bunch that I haven't thought of.
In the spirit of trying to figure some stuff out myself, I offer the following poll, going from the general to the specific.
[Poll #1381306]
Kindle versions, please!
As far as web serials, I've not read one yet, but I would for an author I'm interested in. (Again, Amazon let's me subscribe to Kindle serializations, I believe.) I would prefer knowing ahead of time, going into a serialization, that either the book is completed with structured release dates, or must know that complete story will come out in timely fashion. Not interested in reading half a story that takes years to come out and then never get the ending. If you are a reliable author (and you are), then no problem with serial. I may save up the parts to read all at once when it's complete.
Re: Kindle versions, please!
Re: Kindle versions, please!
Re: Kindle versions, please!
Re: Kindle versions, please!
(Anonymous) 2009-05-29 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)Baen has the best deal for Kindle users. Buy your books from Webscriptions (they are off baen.com and publish Baen's entire new list a month before the paper version comes out.) They have all Sharon & Steve's Liaden books as e-books at a very reasonable price! Go to the free library to find out how to get mobipocket reader on your computer and download it. Then specify mobipocket format when you download something from the free library or webscriptions - you will be able to read it on both your Pc and on your Kindle since Baen doesn't put DRM encoding on its e-books. I don't know why you can't get Baen e-books from Amazon but they are usually well below what Amazon charges for new books for the Kindle.
When you are downloading to the Kindle, make sure that you put the .mobi or .prc file in the documents folder on the Kindle.
Good Luck,
...Art Parham
Re: Kindle versions, please!
http://www.baen.com (http://www.baen.com/) does carry most of the Liaden books, in multiple e-book formats, including Kindle, no need to do any additional converting. Just click the webscriptions e-book tab. Great prices too!