Comments on: THE DIY AUTHOR RETURNETH (AGAIN) http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returneth-again/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:40:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pat Holt http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returneth-again/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Pat Holt Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:48:57 +0000 http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/?p=476#comment-419 Hi Stephen, I think and hope I told you - egad was it 3 months ago, so sorry for all this time passing -- that I would like to devote a column to your question, and this just to say that I do plan, after finishing next ones, to deal with it at length. It's absolutely the pivotal question every serious writer needs to ask and of course there are not easy answers. In any case please accept my apology for not being in touch with you sooner, unless in my postmenopausal shot-through memory, I did! If you have any updated thoughts, send to me directly at holtpat@earthlink.net. More soon, and thank you. Hi Stephen,
I think and hope I told you – egad was it 3 months ago, so sorry for all this time passing — that I would like to devote a column to your question, and this just to say that I do plan, after finishing next ones, to deal with it at length. It’s absolutely the pivotal question every serious writer needs to ask and of course there are not easy answers. In any case please accept my apology for not being in touch with you sooner, unless in my postmenopausal shot-through memory, I did! If you have any updated thoughts, send to me directly at holtpat@earthlink.net. More soon, and thank you.

]]> By: Basil Sands http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returneth-again/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Basil Sands Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:30:53 +0000 http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/?p=476#comment-394 Good article. Seth and JC, and a few others inspired me to do the same and the trip has been fantastic. Four novels into it and I am believing that entering the publishing world via podcasting audio books and giving away free or cheap e-books will soon become the way for any author to break into making a living at this gig. Good article. Seth and JC, and a few others inspired me to do the same and the trip has been fantastic. Four novels into it and I am believing that entering the publishing world via podcasting audio books and giving away free or cheap e-books will soon become the way for any author to break into making a living at this gig.

]]> By: ravenwest http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returneth-again/comment-page-1/#comment-392 ravenwest Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:33:28 +0000 http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/?p=476#comment-392 That might be the case, but I have all my books on Smashwords for the very low price of $1.99 and have only sold 4. I suppose the new digital format might be the way to go, but e-books and e-book readers have been out there for over ten years and after staring at a computer screen all day, the last thing I want to do is take another electronic device to bed! I also believe that people who read hard copy actually READ hard copy and aren't just skimming through the text while being distracted by everything else. If it's all about the $$, then maybe I'm just being unrealistic in my deep feeling that when I put so much time, effort and soul into every word, I would hope that the reader spends at least a bit of concentrated time reading. That might be the case, but I have all my books on Smashwords for the very low price of $1.99 and have only sold 4. I suppose the new digital format might be the way to go, but e-books and e-book readers have been out there for over ten years and after staring at a computer screen all day, the last thing I want to do is take another electronic device to bed!

I also believe that people who read hard copy actually READ hard copy and aren’t just skimming through the text while being distracted by everything else. If it’s all about the $$, then maybe I’m just being unrealistic in my deep feeling that when I put so much time, effort and soul into every word, I would hope that the reader spends at least a bit of concentrated time reading.

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