I have heard all the discussions on the evils of E-publishing. But don’t knock it. My book came out six weeks after I returned the contract – SIX WEEKS! How many print publishers can do that? Now, I will say, I think it was a fluke on my part – they had a spot that could/did need filled and mine slipped right in. My second book, which I sold at the same time, comes out in September and that is still less than the projected eighteen-month turnaround on print. PLUS – Deadly Mistakes WILL be in print two to three months after the e-release. (Not Her Passion though as it is a novella and too short for print on it own – if I can get that next one finished…!)

I have been reading e-books for over four years now. My mother, that is all she’ll read. She can manipulate the font size and as a baby-boomer who refuses to get glasses it is perfect for her.

Now depending on your writing affiliations, your opinion may be set. RWA is just now coming around to e-publishing. They have two publishers, Ellora’s Cave and Triskelion, they recognize-so far. But I have noticed – thanks to searching out my own book on the e-book sites – that there are so many books available in "e". Most, if not all, of Harlequin's books are now available in e-format - to me that says they are coming around!



Are they the wave of the future – well, maybe a half wave. I doubt a centuries old tradition of hold-in-hand-book will be gone. But it never hurts to have alternatives.

Having said that, nothing replaces the feel, smell and just overall being of a book, but as far as storage goes… wowzers, I have 30 e-books on my little Palm Pilot. I could never lug 30 books around – though I sure have tried before!