Electronic publication of books has become yet another “next wave,” in the realm of popular technology. “Epublishing” is beginning to overtake traditional publishing, and electronic versions of books are outpacing paper versions. More and more, readers will find far greater variety and choice through electronic publishing sites, with both brand new and well known books available.

With that phenomenon, however, come new problems, both for readers and writers. Ebooks cannot be found, perused, and selected from book shelves. They do not stand up in rows, with covers available so readers may simply pull them out read blurbs on the back. Instead, they are buried in lists and files which the reader must sort through, searching by author, title, or by “key words,” and unless one knows exactly what they are looking for, it can be difficult to find new and interesting books that way.

For writers, the problem is reversed. Our books disappear into these files where we have to hope someone either knows to look for us or chances across our work through the same sorting process. More and more, those of us with books only on epublishers will approach readers through blogs, to present our work, offer the equivalent of a back cover blurb, and better yet, offer sample chapters to help a reader quickly determine whether to pursue each book at its epublishing site.

That is the purpose of this blog, to present this writer’s work in a more visible way; I hope you will take a look and if you like what you see, follow up through the indicated links.

Stan

Wednesday, December 28, 2011


Bulletin:
This is to announce that Kindle/Amazon has set up an arrangement in which those with Kindle devices may check books out of their Kindle Owners Lending Library. That means books that had to be purchased previously can be checked out at no charge. This includes all six books written by this author.  

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