February 15, 2002
Volume 1 No. 27
ISSN 1530-5287
eBook Ecstasy
This month our publisher spotlight is on an Australian publisher, Sandy Cummins of Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
eBook Ecstasy is a free monthly newsletter aimed at introducing readers to great ebooks. In upcoming issues, we plan to include information on worthy ebook news. So, epublishers can feel free to send us their press releases about innovations, authors should send notification of book signings, awards or other achievements and readers should provide feedback as to the features you would like to see added to eBook Ecstasy. This is *your* newsletter.
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Content
Special Announcement
ePublishing News
Sponsors
E-Book Corner
New Releases
Classifieds
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Featured E-Author: Jim Farris
Featured E-Publisher: Sandy Cummins
Behind the Scenes: Rhonna J. Robbins-Sponaas
Featured Reviewer: Suzanne Colburn
Featured Reviewer: Annette Gisby
Featured Reviewer: Kate Saundby
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E-authors and E-publishers - If you would like to contribute an article to eBook Ecstasy, please contact me so we can highlight you and your web sites. E-book reviewers, I am especially interested in four star reviews of upcoming releases.
Lida E. Quillen 
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Author Spotlight is on Kristie Leigh Maguire, author of Emails
from the Edge, in the web debut of epubbed.com.
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Authors on a couple of email lists report that a few reviewers are selling
their review copies at Amazon.com and eBay and are *not* even providing
a review to the author or the publisher.
Web site down for Crossroads Publishing Company at press time.
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The State of the Industry, 2002
An essay on the e-publishing industry
by Jim Farris, Published Professional Author and Composer
Ladies and Gentlemen of the e-publishing world, it is time for us to
shift our overall focus.
E-books in the popular media are presented as being "the easy way to
get published" - they are not being presented as "the cheap way to read
a damn good book". As a result, there are many, many "experts" producing
various and sundry guides telling people how they can make a mint publishing
their novel as an e-book - yet, there are no popular book-review outlets
in the mainstream media telling the general public about the incredible
array of talent available in e-books. Instead, the main focus of mainstream
media attention has been (as usual) on the Titans and the Big Six (Tom
Clancy, John Grisham, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton and Danielle
Steele). Good, bad or indifferent, if you aren't one of the "Big Six",
it's not likely your latest e-book is going to be reviewed on Oprah.
There are those in the e-book industry who are, in essence, proposing
that the majority of our works should be given away for free, similar to
online web-comics, in an attempt to overcome this problem, and draw the
consumers to us. They point to the "troubador" economic model of the middle
ages, with the basic theory being "Well, I can't make money from my books,
but I can get famous and go sing for my supper."
Problem:
Name one - just one - famous medieval or rennaisance troubador.
Just one.
Go on - I'll wait.
Give up?
Okay - next, name one medieval or rennaisance author or playwright who
sold their works, rather than using the "Troubador" model.
Bacon, Shakespeare, Chaucer...
Much easier, isn't it?
Thus, I'd have to say 1) This has been tried before, and 2) It didn't
work. Indeed, many online web-comics creators today are folding their tents
and moving on to other, more profitable careers, simply because the "troubador"
model isn't getting them what they really want, which is a contract with
one of the major comics syndicates.
The key, however, isn't that 'Free=Bad'. Far from it - free works can
help build an author's name-recognition, and greatly assist their sales.
Even Shakespeare held free (or reduced-price) viewings of his plays to
build audience recognition of his works (and since his works are still
being performed today, it appears the notion worked). No, the real key
is that while we may have some of our works free or at a reduced price,
we shouldn't give everything away, then look to other venues for our meat
and bread, as the 'troubador' model suggests. That simply won't work in
the long run. Granted, you might succeed in the short run, but where will
you be even twenty or thirty years later? Answer: Probably an unknown.
Awhile Back, Dick Brass of Microsoft asserted that e-books and the e-book
industry could be directly compared to the automobile industry was in 1908
- and this was a comparison the mainstream media immediately leapt upon,
and touted around for many weeks. Unfortunately, the comparison is not
quite that simple.
Though Brass is correct in that the e-book industry is pretty much where
the auto industry was in 1908 (in that it's in it's infancy, and the general
public does not yet fully appreciate the potential of the technology),
one has to remember that automobiles and e-books are two radically different
technologies and consumer goods. An automobile, even back in 1908, cost
a significant amount of one's annual pay, while an e-book only costs a
minute fraction of that. Also, it took 20 years for automobiles to double
their top speed (the most noticable measure of performance), while computers
have doubled their speed in only five years. Finally, the relative cost
of a new automobile as a percentage of one's annual salary has slowly increased
over the last century to the point now where the average American pays
an amount equal to their entire year's salary. Meanwhile, the relative
cost of computers, which was initially equal to the gross national product
of many small nations, has now dropped to where you can buy a machine that
has more computing power than the sum total of all the computers on the
planet in 1950, and yet spend less than one months' salary to buy it.
Many in the mainstream media make the simple comparison of the current
revolution in publishing/e-publishing to the current (and, indeed, ongoing)
revolution in the music industry. However, though similar, the difference
in dynamics between the music industry and the publishing industry are
different enough so that this comparison isn't quite that simple.
The music industry has undergone this sort of "revolution" several times
- in the fifties, new labels broke away from the traditional ones, spreading
their new music of "Rock and Roll" through the medium of radio. Then again,
in the sixties, new labels such as A&B records appeared, again challenging
the dominant labels with new and unique styles of music, promoted through
new outlets.
The story of A&B Records, in particular, is a fascinating example
of what this kind of "revolution" is like in the music industry - and how
it usually settles out, in the end. Herb Alpert (the "A" of A&B) had
a band called the Tijuana Brass - and through sharp marketing, distribution
and promotion, TJB albums managed to consistently out-sell those of the
Beatles, despite the fact that the Beatles got far more media coverage.
Now, 40 years later, A&B is one of the giants in the industry - they
call the shots, and they're the "establishment" that these younger labels
are trying to break away from, just as A&B struggled to break away
from the established labels in their time.
Really, the music industry undergoes this type of "revolution" about
every ten or fifteen years. The publishing industry, however, only has
this kind of "revolution" about every 70 or 80 years - and this makes the
dynamics of such a "revolution" completely different.
The last time something like the current "revolution" happened in the
publishing industry was back in the 1930's, with the emergence of "Pulp"
fiction. In many ways, fiction writing in America reached a pinnacle in
the monthly magazines affectionately known to collectors as "the pulps".
The pulps were monthly magazines printed on pulp-paper, specializing in
fictional short stories set in various genres. Unlike today's periodicals
of short science fiction, mystery, horror and fantasy stories, the "Pulp-Era"
stories were not written to impart any moral messages or teach some "great
truth"; these stories were written purely for the entertainment of the
reader - Conan the Barbarian slew his first monster in the pulps, and Tarzan
wrestled his first lion in the pulps. But, really, given the general "doom
and gloom" that everyone was experiencing during the depression-era thirties,
stories written for pure entertainment were precisely what the reading
public at the time really wanted - and, given the price of the pulps, they
were within the reach of even the most financially strapped reader
The pulps finally died out with the advent of WWII, as the war-effort
caused a shortage of the very paper they were printed on - they were replaced
by the new medium of "comic books", and the sci-fi serial mags that popped
up in the 50's and 60's in what is now termed the "Golden Age" of Science
Fiction. Yet despite the death of the Pulps, the pulp stories live on.
Not only are they being reprinted for modern readers, many movies have
been made using "Pulp Era" scenarios and plots. Doug McClure starred in
"At the Earth's Core" and "The Land that Time Forgot" where he (as a "Pulp-Era"
hero) discovers and explores a "lost world", complete with dinosaurs, stone-age
humans and Weird, psychic powers. The spirit of the Pulps also lives on
in modern movies with characters like Indiana Jones, Allan Quartermaine,
The Shadow, et. al., and in T.V. movies like Cast a Deadly Spell. This,
indeed, is where the comparison between the music and publishing industries
falls apart - this type of revival simply doesn't happen in the music industry.
Though there will always be an audience for (as one example) the music
of the 1950's, to expect that this music will return to the mainstream
is a vain hope. Yet, the old stories of the pulps have returned to the
mainstream - time and time again, in fact, as each new generation of readers
rediscovers what is, by any measure, a golden age of American fiction literature.
Still, this wasn't the first time this type of "revolution" had happened
in the publishing industry. 70 years before, at the end of the civil war,
a new type of publication arose to challenge the "traditional" publishers
- the Dime Novels. Supposedly based on "real" incidents (though usually
complete works of fantasy), the Dime Novels popularized the "Romantic"
west, where brave cowboys fought off implacable and savage indians to save
the helpless heroine, and modern day "robin hoods" stole from the ruthless
Rail-Barons to give to the helpless and downtrodden poor. "Buffalo Bill"
Cody capitalized on the popularity of the Dime Novels in his "Wild West
Circus", where trick shots (like Annie Oakley) and trick ropers performed
stunts to amaze and amuse, and real live indians pretended to assault brave
wagoneers, the roar of the mock battle and the acrid smell of blanks both
thrilling and chilling the crowd (all the indians pretended to die, in
the end, of course). But, in the end, most of the Dime Novel publishers
folded with the "taming" of the west, with those few that survived later
becoming the "establishment" that the Pulps would be breaking away from
decades later.
So, the dynamics of what is happening in the publishing industry today,
while similar to those of the music industry, are not identical enough
to draw a straight comparison. Firstly, the time-scale is much larger,
with upstart publishers taking two or three generations to become the "traditional"
publishers, themselves, whereas the same process can occurr in the music
industry in a single generation. Secondly, the changes that occurr in the
music industry are, at best, ephemeral - it has happened before, and it
will happen again in just a few years. The publishing industy, by contrast,
changes over much longer periods of time - but, once it has changed, it
stays changed. Amazing Stories, Asimov's Science Fiction and Fantasy and
other similar magazines may not resemble the pulps much, but they strive
to carry on the spirit of those magazines as best they can. More, many
of the "traditional" publishers who got their start in the "pulps" now
are reprinting those old stories to a new generation of readers, who devour
the tales of Conan and Doc Savage with just as much eagerness and gusto
as the original readers did, seventy years before. This simply doesn't
happen in the music industry - collections of music from the 1950's, for
example, simply don't interest the youth of today. Yet, this is precisely
the type of comparison the mainstream media is making regarding our industry.
Why? How could the mainstream media miss the mark so broadly when it
comes to understanding what is happening in e-publishing today? After all,
most of these reporters are college-educated professionals - they aren't
idiots. Yet, they have completely missed the mark when they try to explain
to their audience what is truly happening in our industry. Why?
Well, the essential problem that I see here is that the mainstream media
is primarily attracted to brevity. It's difficult to say "This e-book is
fabulous because it has a marvellously written plot and sparkling characters."
That is an opinion - and opinions take time to present (book-review shows
generally take ten to fifteen minutes or more just talking about one book).
However, it only takes five seconds to say "Stephen King made over one
million dollars selling an unfinished novel as an e-book." That is no opinion
- it is simple fact. It ignores the fact that the book was, by the standards
of King's other works, mediocre (even by his own admission, it was not
his best work). It ignores the fact that many of King's readers have vowed
never to buy his works again because they feel he cheated them by refusing
to finish "The Plant", and laughed all the way to the bank (as seen in
the explosion of "Stephen King Sux" websites following the stoppage of
"The Plant"). No, all that is ignored, because explaining it takes longer
than a 5-second sound-byte.
The mainstream media is primarily interested in stories that can be
presented as simple, brief facts - then cut to commercial. In-depth, detailed
analysis programs do exist, of course - but let's face it, the "McNiel-Lehrer
News Hour" doesn't get nearly the audience share that CNN Headline News
does. The mainstream media is interested in brevity because the public
itself is interested in brevity. The public wants the story, they want
it now, they want it short and to the point, they want it made simple and
easily understandable, and once they've got it, they want to move on.
If we are to learn anything from history, we should learn that our true
strengths, the strengths that may allow us to succeed, are 1) Price, and
2) Quality. The old "pulp era" novels back in the 30's and 40's sold not
because they were jam-packed with fabulous stories (though many were),
they sold at first simply because they were dirt cheap. Later, as various
authors made their names in the pulps and the later "Golden Age" serial-mags
that followed in the 50's and 60's, these little mags became known not
simply for their low price, but for their high quality.
This is what needs to happen in the e-book industry. The reading public
needs to become aware that they can invest a small amount of money and
recieve an enormous variety of fresh, new tales from talented, sparkling
authors. That's the type of brevity that the media (and by extension, the
general public) wants.
However, there are several obstacles to this.
First, e-books still lack percieved convenience. The e-reader market
is still unstable, with no single format coming to the fore as the one
dominant format, and no single reader that looks like it will be around
for awhile. The Rocket Reader had enormous promise - and then was utterly
ditched by Gemstar, leaving thousands of users in the lurch, wondering
if they invested in a lump of plastic that may as well go in the trash
bin. E-books have the advantage of multimedia capability - one can create
a book with music, animation and illustrations that gives the reader an
experience that is utterly and totally immersive, and far richer than simple
paper and ink (and I have). Yet, to view this creation requires hardware
that is not cheap, nor (for the better desktop and tower systems) portable.
The most convenient way to read an e-book, at the moment, remains HTML
format on a standard web-browser in a laptop. This, however, pales in comparison
to the convenience of a simple paperback, and it's far too easy to attack
the laptop for its expense, difficulty of use and readability, and simple
size.
Second, e-books lack percieved affordability. While an individual e-book
is cheap (most download for the same cost as a paperback, or less), the
reader technology is hardly cheap at all. Even a low-end laptop or desktop
will run into four figures - and very few people are going to say to themselves
"Well, I hardly see a reason to invest six bucks into this paperback when
I can invest two thousand into this home computer and read an e-book!"
Thus, the perception is that e-books are expensive because the technology
required to read them is expensive - whereas it requires no additional
expense or technology to read a paperback.
So what are the solutions?
Well, I see the primary solution as being to identify our real market,
and focus on them. We are not trying to get Ma and Pa Kettle to read an
e-book - they don't even have a computer. Our market is not the "General
Reading Public." No, the people we are trying to get to read e-books are
people who already own a computer, either a laptop or a home machine (or
both). These people have already invested in the technology required to
both download and read our works - for them, the expense of obtaining our
latest Magnum Opus is minimal. Thus, we focus on these people (who, indeed,
represent a growing segment of the population, anyway), and advertise that
our books are, in truth, cheaper than paperbacks. In addition, the "convenience"
factor is already built in, if we use HTML format. Nearly all web-browsers
today allow the user to adjust the font size to whatever is convenient
for them to read, and an HTML formatted book can be double-clicked and
read with ease. Moreover, the same web-browser they used to visit our website
and download our books can be used to read our books - no additional software
or investment required. Finally, for those who wish portability (I.E. those
who want their books to also be available on their laptop or other portable),
they can simply transfer an HTML e-book as a file to their portable, and
read it anywhere.
Yes, there are those who point out that HTML has no copy protection
- but consider, with modern flat scanners and collating, self-binding print
setups being available for very little money, print books have no "copy
protection", either. The simple truth of the matter is that the people
we are really trying to reach aren't interested in our elaborate and esoteric
methods of copy protection - they aren't interested in duplicating the
book to begin with, they just want to read it, and read it conveniently.
The more we try to protect our works with elaborate and complicated schemes
for copy-protection, the more inconvenient we make our works for the very
market we are trying to target.
Consider: Microsoft's e-reader software has a multi-million dollar ad-campaign
backing it, hugely famous titles in their available library, and prices
that, while much higher than normal e-books, are not ridiculously high.
So, why haven't they dominated the market? Answer: Because the typical
user can't download the book onto their computer, then conveniently transfer
it to their laptop to read while they ride the carpool to work. Microsoft
has invested millions into making what is, at the moment, the "ultimate"
copy-proof system - and, as a result, it has zero convenience for the typical
user. Moreover, their "ultimate" system has already been cracked, and there
are hundreds of websites now where "wannabe" hackers can download "warez"
that will "crack" the copy-protection Microsoft has created, and thus illegally
distribute famous works for free on the growing "e-book underground" of
UseNet. The "hackers" see copy-protection schemes as a challenge, while
the consumers - the people who we are trying to target - simply see them
as an inconvenience. Hackers and other illegal software pirates will always
be there, and trying to defeat them through various copyright schemes is
like trying to hold back the tide with your hands - a noble but futile
effort.
Thus, with HTML format, we insure that when our readers go to our websites
to buy our books, they already have the "e-reader" they need to read our
works - the web-browser, itself. Copyright protection, such as it is, is
a non-issue. The people who are visiting our websites and buying our books
aren't the people who are copying them in the first place - they simply
want to read our works, and the more convenient we make it for them to
do so, the better our works will sell.
So, in conclusion, it is my opinion we need to shift our industry's
focus not on the general reading public, but on that section of the reading
public who owns a computer and a web-browser. Let them know of the simplicity
of getting our books. "No need to get dressed and slog through the snow
to the bookstore - reading enjoyment is only a click away!" Let them know
of the convenience of our HTML-formatted books. "If you're reading this
web-page, you could be reading an exciting new novel, instead, just as
easily!" And, most importantly, let them know that despite the fact that
we all aren't named "King, Grisham or Steele", e-books have as much quality
and talent available, and at a significant fraction of what one would pay
for the "Big Six".
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Jim Farris is the author of several articles, short-stories and fourteen
books ranging from science fiction through romance and even non-fiction.
Jim Farris is a modest, self described hermit who has this to say about
himself: I am self-educated with a smattering of military and college experience
of no real consequence or importance. I write novels, and compose and perform
music for my novels in MIDI and Mp3 format, but otherwise live the life
of a hermit.
That is probably all I want the public to ever know about me, as my
life is really so incredibly dull that knowing more about me actually detracts
from the reading enjoyment of my work."
Visit Jim's web site:
Ed. note: Jim composed a fabulous New Age soundtrack
for Prophecy: The Awakening.
Copyright © 2002 Jim Farris, All Rights Reserved
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[Ed. note: I spotted Rhonna's commentary on the Net Author
email list asked for permission to use her comments in eBe.]
Editors: The Nature of the Beast
Rhonna J. Robbins-Sponaas, Editor in Chief, Net Author
Not long ago, Net Author’s list community had a discussion about the
nature of one of the most potentially perplexing aspects
of writing life: The Editor. There was, as there is with many writers,
a certain amount of confusion. What exactly is an editor?
Or, more to the point, what the dickens does the editor actually do,
anyway? The simple truth is that an editor can be either the blessing or the bane of a writer's existence and, whether we realize
it or not, a large part of the relationship between writer and
editor depends upon some very basic expectations. Bluntly, what you
expect of your editor, and what your editor expects of you.
Those expectations differ between the two camps of writing and editing,
but there are certain issues you can expect to have to
negotiate. For writers, there are two extremes: those who expect the
editor to do absolutely nothing to their work other than the
necessary layout, typesetting, or coding, and those who expect the
editor to arbitrarily fix everything that may be wrong with the work.
Most writers fall on a scale somewhere between those two points,
with the healthier attitude being somewhere in the middle.
Editors have a different set of expectations but, by and large, they're
consistent among the editorial community. First and
foremost, they expect you as a writer to turn in your very best work.
It should be as technically clean and as highly polished as
you can possibly make it. If you haven't even bothered to take the
time to run a spell check or clean up some very basic
mistakes, the odds are good that the work will be taken much less seriously
than you'd like, or even totally disregarded.
Another thing all editors have—or should have—in common is that they
want to print the very best work they can get their
hands on. Of course, the level of sophistication of what they print
is often dependent upon their publication or organization, and
their own level of experience. For instance, a young editor with a
fledgling magazine with limited submissions may find himself
printing less sophisticated pieces than he'd like. Give the editor
time to learn his craft, however, and that journal a chance to
earn a reputation for printing quality material—and therefore receive
stronger submitted work—and the level of sophistication
From that point, things begin to blur. Depending upon the purpose of
the publication and the personality of the editor, you'll find
varying degrees of willingness to work with a writer, and varying expectations,
and therein lies the crux of the relationship
between writer and editor. For instance, if you're submitting a manuscript
to an academic publisher, you can expect that they'll
demand technical and grammatical perfection, that they'll edit your
text for clarity, accuracy, and proper accreditation, and that
neither those criteria nor most of their editorial changes will be
open to negotiation. Nevertheless, they'll still expect you to have
turned in a technically clean manuscript.
By the same token, if you submit a manuscript to a fiction publisher, you can expect
that they'll look for many of the same things as their academic counterpart,
but they'll usually have a stronger focus on those
nebulous things we call style and technique, as well as the usual emphasis
on characters and plots. In both cases, their
willingness to work with the writer is going to be dependent upon their
own caseload, as well as their organization's economics
and mission statement, and not necessarily in that order.
The mission statement—or purpose—of the publisher tends to determine
how the editor operates. In other words, what I do as
editor depends very much upon the journal or publication I'm editing.
For instance, recently I spent a year as the Creative
Nonfiction Editor of a literary journal; one whose leadership didn’t
think very highly of creative nonfiction. When I received a
submission, I read it knowing that it had to be a stellar piece of
work in order to even be considered. I had to read knowing
that there was already a bias in the administration against the genre,
and that most of what constitutes creative nonfiction would
automatically be rejected. I had to read looking for what I thought
they might like—not what I liked and appreciated about this
type of writing. Likewise, the goal of that journal is only to publish
(the best it can, but simply publish nonetheless), and
feedback to a writer is not expected. The work either gets in, or it
doesn't. When I could squeeze out the time and when I
really wanted to encourage a writer, I responded to the writers who
subbed to me, but that wasn't the journal's concern and
therefore not in my job description, so to speak.
For Net Author and many small publishers, the focus is the writer. I
read everything that my publisher doesn't filter out.
Literally. And some work that bypasses him. But the purpose—and therefore
my response—is different than it was for the
literary journal. Because NA's goal is not just to publish the best
we can lay our hands on but to actually help a writer
strengthen his or her writing, I read a lot of things I might not otherwise
read, and I and the rest of our editorial staff respond
more thoroughly than we probably would if we worked for a different
publication.
Regardless, we’re still looking at two very
large considerations. First, what type of publication does NA's E2K
aim to be? If the material doesn't fit our mission and
readership, then I can explain that to the writer and invite something
that is more appropriate for us. If the material fits within our
scope, then I can focus on the writing itself, and that's the second
consideration. If the writing is strong, and is as "good" as I
believe it can get, then my job is simple: All I have to do is send
an acceptance letter.
More often, however, the writing falls into one of two camps. Either
it's strong, but there are some technical flaws and
weaknesses that I'm not comfortable owning when we print the work,
or else the writing needs varying degrees of elbow
grease. In the first case, I've absolutely no problem telling a writer
to insert a comma, combine a couple of sentences, or
otherwise help her fix any grammatical flaws or weaknesses. In my current
position, that's part of my job, and I refuse to allow
an otherwise intriguing piece of writing to go into print until I know
it's technically clean. It would look sloppy and
unprofessional, and regardless of what you think of your writing and
creative license or your particular voice, that's not a label I
want applied to me or the journal I work for.
That's the easy part of my job.
The more difficult part is telling a writer where a shift in perspective
may be necessary, that she needs to develop a character's
identity or push away from a stereotype, that she needs to complicate
a plot, push a supposition to the wall, consider a
structural reorganization, etc. The creative aspects of the writing
are much more difficult for me as Editor to broach with you as
Writer, because I'm very aware that this is your work. You've invested
time and energy and heart in that work. I know that, if
only because I do the same with my work, and with my own writing.
What it often comes down to for me is a question not of aesthetics,
but of believing you've produced the best work you're
capable of producing at this moment when we go to print, and that fits
with NA's mission. Writing is a craft that's learned just
like any other skill, and your expertise is gained by sheer hard work,
by a dedication to continued learning, by reading the best
examples of writing you can find in your genre and out. In two years,
you may look at what you've done and think, "Sheesh!
What possessed me?!?"
But for now, for this moment, I want to be sure
that you'll be able to be proud of what you're
publishing. No less do I want to be proud of what you've done, and
what my organization is printing. And equally importantly,
although I've saved it for last, I want our readers to be able to read
your work with no confusion, no misunderstanding, and no
apathy. I want them to read it, nod their heads, and say, "Yeah!"
Those are my motivations and my goals, and therefore my expectations
as an editor in this particular place and time. I don't
always achieve them, and it's always a juggling act. Generally speaking,
the only absolute demands I'll make on a writer are for
questions of coherency—places where I don't believe the reader will
"get" your brilliance because it's hidden behind something
else—and technicals or grammaticals. Everything else will be posed
to you as things I want you to seriously consider, because I
believe it will make your work stronger. I'll make certain you understand
that your choice to revise according to my suggestions
is entirely that: your choice. You have the right to go elsewhere if
you're not comfortable with what I'm telling you, and I expect
you to do so. I will not force you to change a text in such a way that
makes you uncomfortable. That's not professional, and is,
in my mind, more damaging than helpful, even when I'm right.
In their best forms, editors work in not just their publication's best
interests, but also in the writer's. When you find an editor that
helps your work grow—one who actually helps you strengthen your writing
and your skill—develop that relationship; nurture it.
That one individual can easily prove to be your most valuable writing
ally.
Having said all that, there are going to be times when you'll find you
can't work with an editor. Sometimes it's a question of
personalities, sometimes a question of values, or a difference in styles.
Occasionally it'll even be a question of ethics; like it or
not, there are frankly a host of folks out there who lack a professional
code or have absolutely no idea what they’re doing. In
the event of the latter, take your work and run. Your writing reputation,
your career, and your identity as a writer are both too
valuable and too fragile to risk in calloused hands.
In the event of the former, when the conflict is one based on personalities
or style—and you will stumble into this situation at
least once in your writing career—put the work down for a while. Make
a note of the editor's response, but deliberately set the
work down for at least a week. I'd suggest a month. Forget it exists.
Then go back and see what you think. If you still disagree
with the response, go ahead and try to negotiate that with the editor.
Calmly, and professionally. If you don't get anywhere, and
you reach a point where you recognize that you can't negotiate the
difference, then you need to find a different editor for that
piece of work. Don't make an issue of it; just withdraw the piece and
keep working with that individual on other things if you
can and are comfortable doing so. Sometimes selected writings need
different editors; an editor may have a strength in one area
and be weak in another.
If, on the other hand, they operate like NA
does, they'll have folks on staff that they can use to "fill in
the gaps" and help give balance. If they don't, or if you reach a point
where you simply cannot work with that editor in good
faith, then the best you can do is make sure that those relationships
stay professional. Load your interactions with the same
courtesy and respect you expect to receive. In other words, don’t stoop
to name-calling or suggest that the editor must be
obtuse if she didn’t get the brilliance of your point. While it's intensely
personal, it's still a business; the career field may be huge,
but word gets around in the writing community like gossip at a church
picnic.
In short, editors are human, and far from perfect, but as you work with
them, be sure you take the time to understand what you
expect of each other, and to define those expectations as you work
on a publication. It’ll make your relationship much more
comfortable, and much more productive.
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She currently resides with her husband in Norway, and is often reminded
of her Southern heritage when walking becomes an exercise in balance and
temperatures drop to zero.
Copyright © 2002 Rhonna J. Robbins-Sponaas, All Rights Reserved.
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Sandy Cummins, Publisher of Writers Exchange E-Publishing
eBe: Why did you get started as an ebook publisher?
I had been critiquing for a few years and noticed many mistakes on books
when doing book reviews. As I was already running a writing resource
site devoted to helping writers, I felt that starting an epublishing company
where the helping the author was the main goal was a logical progression.
That is why we emphasise that we judge each book on its own merits, not
on the biography of the author. Many sites are only interested in
established authors, I am interested in making authors established.
eBe: Do epublishers currently have a reputation for producing
quality novels?
No. And it is not fair, there are a lot of "flash-in-the-pan"
companies that set up shop and don't edit, but that is why they don't last
in the industry. To try to help combat this perception I have a guarantee
at Writers Exchange, that if you find a mistake in one of our books, we
will fix it and replace it.
eBe: What will you do to earn a good reputation for your company?
Continue to be honest in my dealings with my staff and the public, and
do the best job I can. To always improve when I find areas that are
lacking. Rather than getting huffy when someone finds an error we
need to feel grateful that it was picked up, and be willing to correct
it. Not just on our websites, but on our products as well.
eBe: What changes, good or bad, have you recently seen in the
epublishing industry?
I have seen a growing trend in cooperation between epublishing companies.
This is important. The independants have a hard battle against public
opinion and the monopoly of the giants of the publishing industry.
There are so many potential customers out there, that if we can stick together
to promote the epublishing industry it is to our advantage to join forces.
There is also a growing acceptance of the industry amongst the public
which is gratifying, and the fact that Australia finally has one ebook
reader available for sale is great. So much has been centered in
America, that International customers are at a big disadvantage, to see
us catching up is wonderful for the industry.
eBe: What do you have to offer that perhaps traditional (print)
publishers do not?
Our guarantee, we listen to feedback. I have had many people write
to me and make suggestions on improvements, and if I agree with them (which
has been 99% of the time) I have made these changes. I am not perfect,
and don't pretend to be, the big print publishing houses though, are a
different matter.
For those who like print we have that, we also have formats for electronic
readers, for those who want those, we are also going to have audible books
later this year. So we are not only flexible, we are versatile as
well.
eBe: What genres do you offer?
Romance (any subgenre thereof), Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Western,
Childrens Books (children's illustrated picture books, mid-grade readers
and Young Adult), Humour, Thriller/Adventure/War, General Fiction, General
Non-fiction, Writing Advice, Parenting, How-To/Self-Help, Christian and
excluding erotica, we are happy to expand as needed.
eBe: What do you see as the future of ebooks?
I see them as a wonderful resource for readers and authors. I
do not see them replacing the print industry, but rather working alongside
it.
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Sandy Cummins has been helping writers since her first writing website
appeared on the internet in 1997. Since then she has bought her own
domain and Writers Exchange was born. After winning accolades from
Writers Digest, her writing website expanded to include an electronic publishing
company of the same name.
This year alone Writers Exchange E-Publishing has released Eppie winning
books, been used as a case study for electronic publishing by a government-funded
university study, and won the Inscriptions Engravers Award for best Epublisher!
So check out the writing resource site http://www.writers-exchange.com
Writers Exchange E-Publishing: http://www.writers-exchange.com/epublishing/
Copyright © 2002 Sandy Cummins.
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Title: Suspicious Minds
Debut author Kim Cox dishes up a thrilling romantic suspense that will
at times, have you biting your nails.
Ryan Donatelli, New York Times newspaper reporter, goes undercover at
Southard and Southard brokerage firm, after his sister Shelley, an FBI
Agent working as a secretary is murdered. Ryan, using the name Thomas Randolph,
gets close to Southard´s daughter and partner, Natalie. He doesn´t
know whether she is in with her father and Mafia bigwig Nick DeMarco, and
plays it cool until he finds out which way the wind blows concerning the
beautiful Natalie.
Natalie herself is suspicious of her father and tries to find out what
is going on by searching her father´s office where she meets Ryan
one night. He can´t risk telling her the truth about who he and she
isn't willing to confide her suspicions with him, thus a cat and mouse
game is set in motion.
This book is so nerve racking at points because dealing with the Mafia
can mean death to any that cross them, and Ryan and Natalie have some hair-raising
scares in store for them. There is an excellent cast of supporting characters
who add depth and excitement to this fast-paced romantic thriller.
Excellent writing by a gifted new writer.
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Copyright © 2002 Suzanne Coleburn
Title: Reflections of a Recovering Servant
"Far from being just another Tolkein wannabe, the versatile Steve Lazarowitz
is a true SF Fantasy original. Whether it is a group of archangels drag-racing
Satan in a dusty American town or a golden tree's revenge on the murderer
of its beloved guardian, his stories never fail to bemuse, bedazzle and
delight.
In fact, it could safely be said that Steve Lazarowitz is to the art
of SF/Fantasy writing as Godiva is to chocolate-making; because I know
I'm in for a treat whenever I see his name on a story.
Steve first became known for his online serials and Reflections of
a Recovering Servant happens to be one of his best. Having followed
this rollicking adventure chapter by chapter through its original incarnation,
I'm delighted to see Reflections reappear in an ebook edition at
Twilight Times.
From its heartstopping beginning to the Byzantine twist at the end,
Reflections
of a Recovering Servant is a winner. And I'll never look at a mirror
in quite the same way again."
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Kate lives in rural northwest Tennessee with her husband Herman and
a laid-back orange cat named Clifty. Her black and tan Coon lab dog, Jessie
Mae, joined her ancestors two years ago and she's still greatly missed.
Her first and second trilogies in the Nublis Chronicles saga will be
coming soon from Double Dragon. They will be followed by The Orion Property
and Fortune's Hostage. The final titles in the Nublis saga, The
Spirit Dogs of Sirius and its sequels, Aase's Daughter and The
Wages of Deception, will be re-released soon by Double Dragon.
The forthcoming editions of the Nublis Chronicles have been extensively
revised and contain additional material suggested by Piers Anthony and
Steve Lazarowitz and new cover art by Nicholas Krueger and Tony de Luz.
Copyright © 2002 Kate Saundby
Title: Eyes of Truth
"In the fantasy land of Naj, an oriental kingdom prone to earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions, murder and sickness stalks the streets of the backwater
province of Funara, especially the city of Dak-Moon. The descendents of
the god, the Insu-ha, have been given the gift of knowing when people are
lying, the gift is known as the Eyes of Truth.
The ruler of Naj, Cojii, appoints his brother, Dar as his Hand to go
and investigate the murder of a gardener found with his body hung over
a pole and drained completely of blood. Even with Eyes as strong as Dar's,
it is difficult to find the murderer. Other things are happening too.
There is a sickness and the healer Torren is convinced there is a plague
of some sort, and Dar discovers that all the victims had one thing in common.
They had all been to the magistrate's palace for his entertainments...
There is a bit of everything in the book, adventure, romance, horror,
mystery, but closely woven together into a coherent whole. Dar is a well
rounded character with es of grey and incidences in his past that haunt
him still, the ideal tortured hero.
This is a great story, well crafted and a bit more unusual than most
fantasy books I've read. There are no goblins and trolls here, but different
entities just as interesting, if not more so. The world comes alive and
the characters are well drawn, jumping right out of the page. You care
what happens to them and I for one would like to read more adventures set
in the world of Naj.
A fantastic read."
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As well as writing books, Annette is also the editor of the Twisted
Tales webzine, which has stories, poetry, book reviews and author feature
articles. She is also the assistant manager of NUW - Not the Usual Way,
an international online support group for independent writers founded by
Kristie Leigh Maguire
Copyright © 2002 Annette Gisby
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Atlantic Bridge Publishing
Child of the Star
Genuine Haunted House for Sale
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Rapture in Moonlight (The Sequel to "Walk in Moonlight")
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The Rogue's Revenge
Two for the Show
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Golden Legend
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Stray Cats: Book Two of the Catloop Chronicles
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Caravan
Dare to Dream
I Dare, a Liaden Universe® Novel
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Birthright: The Book of Man
Destiny's Shield
Fortune's Stroke
The Philosophical Strangler
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Devoted Deceptions
Wolfkin
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Gabriel's Ghost
The Plausible Prince
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Mirror Image
Secret Dilemma
The Will of Time
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For Baby's Sake
Married by Mistake
The Choosing
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Liberty and Opportunity
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Safe Beginnings
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Eyes of Truth
Reflections of a Recovering Servant
The Thirteenth Magician
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ePublishing News
http://www.epubbed.com/article1002.html
The Belles and Beaux web site joined with New and Previously
Owned Books in January 2002. All of the interviews and reviews presently
on Belles and Beaux will be transferred to ReaderToReader.com and NewAndUsedBooks.com.
This includes reviews from popular reviewer Suzanne Colburn.
http://www.geocities.com/bellesandbeaux/
Bridges Magazine has a contest for first time published authors
called, the Golden Chalice. First place includes $100.00 in cash, feature
in an upcoming Bridges issue, and a free ad. If you are an author who has
had your first novel published (print or electronic) in 2001, enter to
win. Click on the Golden Chalice link on the homepage or details can be
found at:
http://www.bridgesmagazine.info/pr03.htm
"Can You Find Success with a Self-Published eBook?" Informative
article by Melissa Brewer in the Feb. 27th issue of the eBooks N' Bytes
Informer.
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/
Complete a survey and have a chance at winning a Free ebook.
Hosted by E.L Noel and Bonnie Mercure. The results should be interesting.
http://www.dowse.com/authors/BonnieMercure/bonnies-ebook-contest.html
Crystal Dreams Publications is a new epublisher accepting submissions.
Sarah Schwersenska, Owner, Editor, & Publisher and Elizabeth Gibbs,
Assistant Publisher. [Ed. note: We spotted such familiar
names, such as Darrell Bain, Jonathan Fesmire, Annette Gisby and Andre
West.]
http://crystaldreamspub.com/
E-Book Buzz: E-Readers and E-books; are they right for you?,
article by Julia Brown.
http://www.netauthor.org/e2k/feb2002/features.html1
Eva Almeida, Publisher/Editor of the eBooks N' Bytes Informer
and Glenn Dietzel of TeacherEbooks.com have co-written an ebook on how
teachers can get involved with using ebooks in the classroom. Free download.
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/teacherebook.pdf
Free ebook, Visions, in various formats from popular
author N. D. Hansen-Hill.
"It is exciting, filled with tension, horror, romance, humour, feeling,
and science fiction.... What a story." Reader comment by Glenda Leader,
journalist, book reviewer, and playwright
http://www.angelfire.com/art/ndhhbooks/visionpage.html
Hard Shell Word Factory is this month's featured publisher at
epubbed.com. Very informative interview with Mary Z. Wolf.
http://www.epubbed.com/article1010.html
"Is J.K. Rowling propping up the book biz? Suppose her latest
were offered online" by David Kipen
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/12/DD162069.DTL&type=books
The Military Download Library is seeking donations for March
and April. A free service for the troops and support personnel serving
in Operation Enduring Freedom. The Library has a private URL, used solely
by military personnel.
http://www.wolfdragondesign.com/files/mdlinfo.html
NovelBooks, Inc. is looking for books that feature large and/or
mature women in any genre or cross-genre for their new line: "Real Women/Real
Romance."
http://www.novelbooksinc.com/
Preditors and Editors™ will help promote your *first* book by
posting a banner on one of their pages for a month for free.
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/publback.htm
Prospering In Difficult Times," an interview with Scott Pendergrast
of Fictionwise.com on how his company has been able to achieve positive
growth in what has been a difficult year for the ebook industry in general.
http://knowbetter.com/
SpecFicMe! Market newsletter has a new "shameless promotion"
section that will come out in the next newsletter (publication date mid-month).
Doyle Wilmoth, publisher, says you can send your latest publication news
or news of any sales you recently made. This includes books, short stories
and articles. Send the details to specficworld@hotmail.com
http://www.specficworld.com/
Submit your new SF/F ebook release info to Solar Flare.
Ask about their interactive author interviews.
http://www.sflare.com/news/submit.shtml
The Alien Online recently re-launched with a brand new web site
and is looking for keen, enthusiastic, talented individuals to join their
ever-growing team of reviewers, newshounds, interviewers, cartoonists,
columnists, and feature writers.
http://www.thealienonline.net/
The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Fiction
Web Site is very author friendly. They do author bios, sample chapters,
interviews, and book reviews. If you contact Steve Mazey, let him know
you're an eBooks Ecstasy subscriber.
http://www.eternalnight.co.uk
Treble Heart Books needs editors and readers. Pays editors a
small flat fee monthly, upon receipt of each editorial report, and based
upon word length of each book, plus royalties. Applicants must have Internet
access and email capability.
http://www.TrebleHeartBooks.com/JobsAvailable.html
Twilight Publishing U.K. [not to be confused
with Twilight Times Publications U.S.] will launch March 1st.
http://www.twilightpublishing.co.uk/index.htm
Women on Writing recently updated their web site. Lots of new
features.
http://www.womenonwriting.com/
Rumor Mill
SPONSORS:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AAM_in_the_News
eBooksOnThe.Net offers a wide selection of genres that will
fulfill one of two purposes: entertain or inform. Current selections include
Eyes
of Truth by Linda Suzane, The Moon Child by Alex Roces,
Prophecy:The
Awakening by Ardy M. Scott, Pandora's Box by Jim Farris,
The
Scythian Stone by Jon F. Baxley and Soul Guardian by Tara Manderino.
http://www.ebooksonthe.net/
The Dragon's Loft now has Musk Rain and Prairie Fire
by Terri Branson in several formats. [Ed. note: both books
are highly recommended.] Current selections also include The
Binding by PhyllisAnn Welsh, Death to the Centurion by Mark
Misercola and The Casebook of Doakes and Haig by Patrick Welch.
http://www.drgnscave.com/dcLoftmenu.html
Twilight Times Books is offering some exciting
fantasy releases. Coming March 2002: A Creative
Edge: Tales of Speculation by Steve Lazarowitz, Darkly,
Darkly by Robert Marcom and Jerome and the Seraph by Robina
Williams.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/ttbcurrent.html
Writing for Fun: Creating a Mystery Game. Design and
write your own mystery game. A free PDF download available from PlayMurder.com.
Check out the resources while you're there.
http://www.playmurder.com/
FEATURED E-AUTHOR
Author Info:
"I am thirty-eight, happily married for thirteen years, no children,
and live in a small college town in Southeastern New Mexico famous only
for the production of Valencia peanuts.
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Title theme available with chapter excerpt.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/Prophecy_ch1.html
BEHIND THE SCENES
will rise accordingly. Editing is as much a skill as writing, and both
are learned over time.
Author info:
Rhonna J. Robbins-Sponaas serves as Net Author's Editor in Chief
at the pleasure of the publisher, Robert Marcom. She believes "to write
is the thing," is usually surrounded by books, research of one sort or
another, half-finished manuscripts, student papers, and two German Shepherds
who think they should rule the world.
http://netauthor.org/e2k/
FEATURED E-PUBLISHER
About the publisher:
E-BOOK CORNER
Author: Kim Cox
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Publisher: RFIWest, Inc.
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ISBN: 1-58697-449-1
Romantic Suspense
Reviewed by Suzanne Colburn
Author info:
Suzanne Coleburn, the Belles and Beaux of Romance
http://www.geocities.com/bellesandbeaux/
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Author: Steve Lazarowitz
Publisher: Twilight Times Books
http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com
ISBN: 1-931201-42-0
Fantasy
Reviewed by Kate Saundby
Author info:
Reviewed by Kate Saundby, author of The Wages of Justice, 2001
SF Dream Realm Award winner
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/Authors/KateS.html
http://www.realmofnublis.com
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Author: Linda Suzane
http://www.lindasuzane.com
Publisher: Twilight Times Books
http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com
ISBN: 1-931201-36-6
Fantasy mystery
Reviewed by Annette Gisby
Author info:
Reviewed by Annette Gisby, author of Silent Screams for Twisted
Tales.
Annette Gisby grew up in a small town in Northern Ireland, moving to
London with her family when she was seventeen. Her first book, Silent Screams is coming soon from Crystal Dreams.
It is a contemporary story full of family secrets and betrayals and has had excellent reviews.
http://www.annettegisby.n3.net
http://www.twistedtales.n3.net
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Marissa St. James
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Richard Meredith
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Colorado Spitfire in paperback on sale now by author
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Leaps of Faith: a Christian Science-Fiction Anthology to be
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ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 words. Deadline for all submissions is June
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Poems, Thoughts & Prayers, a personal spiritual journey
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The eBook Catalog maintained by David Hallum is now categorized.
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