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Do you mean paper books? They are incredibly impractical: bulky, heavy, unsearchable... I wrote a historical novel last year that I self-published on Amazon, o
by bambax 4y ago
Do you mean paper books? They are incredibly impractical: bulky, heavy, unsearchable...
I wrote a historical novel last year that I self-published on Amazon, on paper as well as Kindle. To my surprise, 80% of my sales are paper. It's in French, and the French are notoriously conservative, but still...
I don't care one way or the other what other people do, but for me the only time I buy paper books is if there is no electronic version, or the ebook is priced something like €15 and it's possible to find a used copy for 50 cents.
- anhncommenter25 4y agoI don't think either are _incredibly_ impractical. They're both impractical in different ways to different people. The downsides of e-books are dealing with digital files, the many technological shortcomings of e-ink screens, and the e-book reader itself is a high-value item that attracts unwanted attention. I understand some of those are hand-waived away on a Hacker Forum full of technologists, but they describe the uncanny valley of e-book reading for many book readers. Your novel's statistics don't surprise me!
- kstrauser 4y agoI'm reading "Infinite Jest" on my still-new Kobo, and after the 50th time using the built-in dictionary to figure out what I'm seeing, this is my new favorite thing in the world.