tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post8356238728414470299..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Weekend Reading: The More Thoughts about Publishing EditionCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-27510392653866901982013-08-07T17:47:32.905-07:002013-08-07T17:47:32.905-07:00I'm a public librarian, so I have the distinct...I'm a public librarian, so I have the distinct advantage of being surrounded by books, pre-pub review journals, and readers every day, and I find books to read from all those sources, as well as from a number of blogs. But of course that doesn't help you at all if you're looking for short ebooks, since many of those (I'm looking at you, Kindle Singles) aren't available for libraries to purchase, and thus we tend to ignore them.laurahttp://newrambler.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-34591993900424413972013-08-04T02:19:19.573-07:002013-08-04T02:19:19.573-07:00I do most of my reading via the Christchurch City ...I do most of my reading via the Christchurch City Library Overdrive account, with the occasional purchase from Amazon or itunes if something has been recommended and sounds good (usually from your blog! - I really enjoyed 'Soundings', for example) <br /><br />My technique for finding things via overdrive is pretty haphazard; as it's a 'free' library account I download a lot and flick through it. If I don't like it, I delete and move on. The Christchurch city library also sends out newsletters and blogs about new books (see http://cclblog.wordpress.com and for kids, http://christchurchkids.wordpress.com) . I've picked a few recommendations from there. I absolutely love the libraries here - I have serious librarian job envy at times. zenmoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-86037812272074067272013-08-03T20:00:08.436-07:002013-08-03T20:00:08.436-07:00BTW, I subscribe to the Atlantic mag and have purc...BTW, I subscribe to the Atlantic mag and have purchased a short story once, but am wary of doing it again.<br /><br />They gave away a good chunk free, then I purchased the rest of what they called a novella. Well, I paid $3.99 for the last 20% of a short story (where I read the first 80% for free). That left a bad taste in my mouth. They should not have called it a novella, and they should have been more transparent about how little I was getting for the $. <br /><br />If they had been more transparent, and charged 99 cents, I would have purchased many more. That was the first and last story I purchased from them.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-50968897611924281142013-08-03T19:46:33.132-07:002013-08-03T19:46:33.132-07:00I've taken several literature MOOCs. Lately, ...I've taken several literature MOOCs. Lately, they have driven my choice of "difficult" fiction that I can't pick up on my own and fully appreciate. My husband takes the same classes so dinner conversation becomes discussion section. It's a good way to tackle weighty books, but the schedule of one book a week can be a bit heavy for your stage in life.<br /><br />When I am sewing, knitting or driving, I listen to audiobooks. I am such a rabid Barbara Rosenblatt (Audie winner, called the Meryl Streep of audiobooks), I'll pick up an audiobook just based upon her reputation. She can afford to choose her projects, and she only chooses good ones.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-35962792169947562822013-08-03T14:47:42.142-07:002013-08-03T14:47:42.142-07:00I haven't found GoodReads to be very useful fo...I haven't found GoodReads to be very useful for short eBooks, which are my favorite thing right now- I can finish them before I forget how they started!Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-42530654554268953862013-08-03T14:12:29.826-07:002013-08-03T14:12:29.826-07:00I find reading material through word of mouth and ...I find reading material through word of mouth and Goodreads. When I finish a book that I liked, I'll check the lists that Goodreads users have added the book to and usually stumble onto other interesting books in the lists.Autumnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150617283056545848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-27553078571358424972013-08-03T13:02:43.301-07:002013-08-03T13:02:43.301-07:00Stay tuned... I have a side project brewing that e...Stay tuned... I have a side project brewing that explores some ideas I have in this space. Since it is a side project, it is proceeding slowly, and I'm not ready to announce any details yet. But once I am, I'd LOVE feedback from authors. (If you're not a regular reader and would still like to hear about the project when it gets far enough along to discuss, drop me an email.)Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-43536639875896687602013-08-03T09:18:51.483-07:002013-08-03T09:18:51.483-07:00Oh my...a juicy post for me to procrastinate the d...Oh my...a juicy post for me to procrastinate the day away following links lol. I will blame you for my zero word count. :)<br /><br />I did want to say Kobo is doing some very ugly stuff to their page look right now and many of us are quite worried about how books will sell going forward.<br /><br />This on top of a basically broken search function. Kobo es no bueno. Which is sad because we so badly need viable competition in this industry. <br /><br />What we (the authors I hang with) are doing to deal with the disoverability issue raised in the Salon article, is banding together. We do lots of cooperative marketing stuff now. I'm also starting coops in other genres. We've been writing long enough that we have connections we can leverage to sell books.<br /><br />The answer for authors is to build life boats and choose carefully who they invite on-board. Then everyone has to row together for mutual survival.<br /><br />MMFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615561182327262775noreply@blogger.com