Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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I've had reader's-block for about a year, not to mention the writer's block. There is a growing pile of books on my nightstand that only the cleaning lady has ever touched. Recently when my ginger-haired shrink friend showed me how she reads books using her itouch, I was intrigued. I've wanted a kindle for a long time. It never occurred to me until the other day when I read an article in NOW magazine about how having a device created solely for reading e-books was redundant. Who needs to carry around more? I looked up the program my friend uses and found out it works on my blackberry.

I still wasn't convinced that (a) I could even still read books; and (b) that the interface would work for me.

I am partial to a physical book. I like the weight and the texture and bending the corners to mark my page. I like it when it is previously read and even better when it has underlines or notations in the margins.

But in the interest of embracing change or looking forward, I decided to give it a try. Thought I would let you know how it goes as it goes.

I looked up lists of books and prize winners and bestsellers. I chose Jonathan Tropper, This is where I leave you.

I left work an unheard of 15 minutes early because I was so excited to get on the subway and start reading. To use the words excited and subway in the same sentence is truly something since my hate for the process is almost out of control.

So far I can't put this damn bb down. People probably think I am one of those self-important business types who can't bare to miss an email, but I have happened upon a good book for where I am in life. I'm four chapters in and the only issue I've come across so far is the odd twinge of missing the actual book. The smell of the pages as you fan through looking for your dog-ear. That sort of thing.

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Rachel,
As a self published author of E-Books myself, I'm glad that you were willing to give the new technology a try. Let me tell you why it's important to authors like me.
It's almost impossible for new authors to land a lucrative book deal, and even when we can, the support from the publisher is much less than it used to be. The Internet has opened a whole new world for us, an untapped audience that allows us to get out work shown.
People that grew up reading actual books are more hesistant to try the E-Readers, I understand that. But think of all the great stories that never end up on a book shelf that are now available to you.
I write ghost stories, I've published both paperback and E-books. In fact, coinicidently, my first book in paperback is titled --- are you ready for this --- "Rachel".
In closing, embrace the new technology, you can always read paperbacks too. If you would like to read about my novels, you can find them at DavidARollins.com.
Whatever you medium you prefer, happy reading!
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