First Ever Kindle Read | The Art of Being Normal

  

I always meant to buy a kindle, but I never got round to it. When they were first introduced back in the day, I hated them. I was in my mid teens and I thought all bookshops were going to shut down, and the world was officially over. But I grew up. I realised that Kindles and E-readers aren’t replacing books in the market. That they are convenient and cheaper and easier to carry round.  I still adore paperback books and prefer them. But the thing we’ve all come for is the stories. The stories are what keeps me interested, not whether I’m reading it on paper or a screen.

But I never bought one. I never could afford to just drop £50 or £60 on something I didn’t really need. So when someone offered me a 1^st gen kindle as they’d never used it, I jumped at the offer.

Self Publishing and Kindles: The Ever Changing Market

The other day I dragged my friend along to a talk on Self Publishing and E-books by historical novelist Freda Lightfoot as part of the Purbeck Literary Festival. Freda is known as a 'hybrid' author, having had novels published traditionally and then gone on to self publish other novels.

The talk was mainly based on self publishing and the many pros and cons that follow it. However, she also talked about the challenges of promotion when self publishing, e-book formatting, and editing. (Also, fan fiction had a brief passing motion which was particularly entertaining as most people in the room appeared to be rather confused as to what that entailed)