Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Dorchester goes digital and POD

From: Joy (jmatkowski1@comcast.net)
Date: 07 Aug 2010

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    Yes, I read all about BYE BYE BABY on Twitter, and it sounds great! I missed the part about 2013, though, which is extreme. The way some early adopters talk, there might not be such a thing as a traditional book by then.

    Joy, reading Mourners, not Mourning

    On 8/7/2010 2:27 PM, Allan Guthrie wrote:
    > Watch you don't drop it in the bath, Joy! It so happens that my latest book
    > is a police procedural novella called BYE BYE BABY that's currently only
    > available digitally. It was due to be published the traditional way last
    > month, but the pub date was postponed, initially for a year, and then until
    > 2013. Under the circumstances, I was quite keen to put out my own e-version.
    >
    > Al
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Joy"<jmatkowski1@comcast.net>
    > To:<rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
    > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 6:54 PM
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Dorchester goes digital and POD
    >
    >
    >
    >> But he'll have to buy a new Nook, won't he, Al? And if he can back up
    >> his books on his PC, what's to stop him from backing up all of his books
    >> on all of his friends' PCs? Problems, problems.
    >> I'm not in the market for e-readers anytime in the foreseeable
    >> future. I have way too many real books waiting to be read, including one
    >> of Al's I just bought.
    >>
    >> Joy, late adopter, now reading Mourning
    >>
    >
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    >



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