Gracie’s Comments (group member since Aug 22, 2009)

Gracie’s comments from the Second Wind Publishing group.

>>Electronic devices break. I’ve had two or three computers crash in the past twelve years. I may live in the stone age, but I don’t want paperless to replace paper. I believe one of the results would be the exclusion of many authors who are currently published. My wish? That we continue to support the publishing industry and buy books. Lots and lots of them.

What are your thoughts?<<

Interesting conversation, hot topic, but I'm not sure I agree with your conspiracy theory.

Being an electronically published author, I suppose I am a little biased. I don't own a Kindle, or another electronic reading device, but I can definitely see myself getting one down the road. The space saving alone, being able to save so many books on a reader, is a big boon. I love paper books as much as the next bookworm, but at the rate I'm going I'd have to rent storage space in order to keep all of the books I purchase/read. I'm not sure I agree with your comment "...I believe one of the results would be the exclusion of many authors who are currently published." at all. If it weren't for epublishing my works might not have seen publication at all. I actually believe it's the other way around. I have been dealing with exclusion and bias from the print publishing industry for quite some time as an epublished author. I think the happy medium to paperless is POD and electronic publishing. I don't want to do away with paper altogether, but I do believe e and print can co-exist.

I'm kind of reading across the board. Just finished a sensual romance. Reading an inspirational romance (e-book), paranormal romance, contemporary romance and a YA paranormal suspense/mystery, 1st book in a trilogy.

Deborah J Ledford wrote: "How important are titles to you as a reader? Do you ever choose a book because of the title?

One to three word titles seem to work best for suspense novels. Lisa Gardner’s titles “Gone” “Hide” a..."

I prefer short titles, thre words max, but it really doesn't matter to me. In the end, it's the author's name and the premise that pulls me in.

Pat Bertram wrote: "What was the best book you read this summer? What was the worst? Inquiring minds want to know!"

A Vampire's Claim by Joey W. Hill was the best.
The other, not really a worst, but a book I couldn't finish and didn't enjoy after 3 months of reading more than a third of it before I called it quits: Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh. I love Singh's Psy/changeling series, but her angel series is not for me.

Pat Bertram wrote: "It seems as if there are as many ways of discovering books as there are readers, but I'm curious as to how you choose the books you want to read. Do you go by reviews? By recommendations from frien..."

Familiarity of the author is the major way I chose books I read. Recommendations from friends plays a large part also, but I've also purchased books on the strength of an excerpt. Reviews are another way I chose books.