tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post207874569873826556..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: A careful juggling act: the small publisher in genre fiction, a guest post by Evan OstryzniukSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-46965100788871832352013-04-03T19:33:17.028-05:002013-04-03T19:33:17.028-05:00I agree... scholarly publishers generally have few...I agree... scholarly publishers generally have fewer restrictions on e-books. Less overall demand for them. I'm in an academic library as well, one of the few with a popular reading collection through Overdrive. The patrons enjoy it, although it's not all that intuitive.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-21030405594685895632013-04-03T19:23:17.813-05:002013-04-03T19:23:17.813-05:00We do indeed...I work in an academic library, my w...We do indeed...I work in an academic library, my wife in a public. They use Overdrive and have the same challenges, of course. Scholarly publishers are a bit easier to deal with for e-books (but not for periodicals).Jack Marshall Manesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323696591657800035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-77449120606069672992013-04-03T14:49:11.479-05:002013-04-03T14:49:11.479-05:00Glad you think so, Jack! Does your library buy ma...Glad you think so, Jack! Does your library buy many e-book originals? We get many through Overdrive, and many mid-list publishers have signed on with them, but we miss out on many titles from smaller presses. (Well, and many mainstream press titles, too, given the number of publishers that refuse to work with libraries altogether...)Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-47255517428362154092013-04-03T13:46:27.778-05:002013-04-03T13:46:27.778-05:00Wow, Evan's experience is so similar to mine I...Wow, Evan's experience is so similar to mine I could have written this myself! Some key differences might be that my publisher doesn't specialize in historical fiction (which at times has been a minor issue) and they publish the e-book first, then print-on-demand. As a librarian I see these as wise business models, given the direction of the market; as an author, I am at times a bit disappointed. Ah well, the world is changing, and as Evan put it, a healthy approach is to "grow together." I like to think that there will always be readers and there will always be writers--it's everything in the middle may change. Blogs like yours, Sarah, are one of the best aspects of these changes. Jack Marshall Manesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323696591657800035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-27572470017190884922013-04-02T17:13:01.748-05:002013-04-02T17:13:01.748-05:00Their content has always been good, but their type...Their content has always been good, but their typesetting/layout/proofreading has improved considerably over time. My copy of Sarah Kennedy's The Altarpiece looks excellent. An earlier book of theirs which I'd downloaded via Kindle had more than the usual number of typos.<br /><br />Deadly Sisterhood is on the mental TBR.<br /><br />Ironically - as we discussed in another thread - my copy of Anita Seymour's Royalist Rebel arrived yesterday. Only three months after I ordered it... but it does look good.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-66193280789197594522013-04-02T16:06:20.597-05:002013-04-02T16:06:20.597-05:00I broke down and bought THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TRU...I broke down and bought THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TRUMPET, another new Knox Robinson title, in e-book. Their list is small but interesting.<br /><br />I just read - well, skimmed - an ARC of Leonie Frieda's group biography DEADLY SISTERHOOD: A STORY OF WOMEN, POWER, AND INTRIGUE IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, 1427-1527. It's later than this novel, but was that a nasty place and time, even for the "privileged". And I got confused b/c there were a lot of shared names and they were all equally unhappy and nasty. NOT light reading, although I sure learned a lot.<br /><br />Sarah Other Librarian<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-6935617083674644672013-03-29T16:31:40.965-05:002013-03-29T16:31:40.965-05:00Knox Robinson does produce great covers. I have a...Knox Robinson does produce great covers. I have a few of their books in hardcover, and they actually look even better in print.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-6248488151808617572013-03-29T15:19:03.844-05:002013-03-29T15:19:03.844-05:00What a beautiful, professional looking cover. I lo...What a beautiful, professional looking cover. I love everything about it; the images, the colors. Nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-58434979927835454192013-03-29T09:47:47.236-05:002013-03-29T09:47:47.236-05:00Hi Lucy - I can understand why it caught your atte...Hi Lucy - I can understand why it caught your attention :) Glad you enjoyed the post!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-67412576162622182862013-03-29T07:44:50.704-05:002013-03-29T07:44:50.704-05:00Hi Sarah:) The author shares great points- love th...Hi Sarah:) The author shares great points- love this article-extremely insightful- thanks! The novel sounds interesting as well - taking place in 16th c Italy!Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-18036890225494806952013-03-28T15:56:36.296-05:002013-03-28T15:56:36.296-05:00Hi Linda, just checked and it's out on Kindle ...Hi Linda, just checked and it's out on Kindle too, at $5.99.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-62259986119325653242013-03-28T15:17:01.884-05:002013-03-28T15:17:01.884-05:00Thanks for an extremely informative post!
"O...Thanks for an extremely informative post!<br /><br />"Of Fathers and Sons" looks quite interesting...will it be available in any e-book format?Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12794760097129715871noreply@blogger.com