Camy here, with a few questions for you guys, especially if you are under the age of 18.
Now, I live in a small house. Considering it’s just me, Captain Caffeine, and my dog, Snickers, it’s a fine size for our family, but it’s a far cry from my GRAND dreams of a humongous personal library with window seats and a fireplace and a massive teakwood desk where I can write to my heart’s content.
Since I have limited space for books (and in recent years, my knitting yarn stash which has grown like a pack of Tribbles), I LOVE EBOOKS. Hard disk space takes up less square footage than bookshelves.
I get each month’s Love Inspired Suspense books on ebook at Fictionwise.com, where I get a nice discount b/c I’m a Buywise member. I also can indulge my historical romance obsession since almost all of my favorite authors—and new authors, too—have books available as ebooks.
Since the ebooks end up being cheaper than print books (even better than the prices on Amazon), I can try new authors without wincing at how much it hits my wallet. This has been really cool because often I wouldn’t want to try a new author because I didn’t want to spend the money. But now that the ebook is cheaper, I can indulge myself a bit more often.
I am also all for instant gratification, so I love how I can buy the latest Love Inspired Suspense novel and start reading it within a few minutes. It just doesn’t get any better than that!
I have a Sony eReader, which I’m really happy with, but I still read most of my books on my computer because it’s just easier—the screen is big, I can sit and eat or knit or whatever while I read.
I am also a bit ashamed to admit that I have increased the font on my ebooks in the past year or so. :P Ahhh old age, combined with a genetic propensity for near sightedness so bad I’m almost blind. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
And since I love ebooks so much, OF COURSE I made sure my books would be available as ebooks. :) Which is really good, too, because
Deadly Intent isn’t in Walmart or many of the major bookstores anymore (although you can still order print copies from Amazon).
Click the covers below to buy my ebooks! For my Sushi series, the link is for the paperback, but under “Format,” you can click on the ebook platform of your choice. The only exception is
Only Uni--I’m not sure why it’s not available as an ebook yet. But you can also buy the audiobook if you’re so inclined.
(If you prefer Secure eReader format for Deadly Intent, click here to find it on Fictionwise.com.)So here are my questions for you guys:
1) Do you like ebooks?
2) How often do you buy ebooks or borrow them from the library (if your library has that function)?
3) What do you read ebooks on, your computer? PDA? iPod Touch? Kindle or Sony eReader or something else?
And if you’re a teen, please let me know. I’m kind of curious to see if any of you teenagers read ebooks.
Camy Tang writes romance with a kick of wasabi. Out now is her humorous contemporary romance novel,
Single Sashimi, and her romantic suspense,
Deadly Intent. She also runs the
Story Sensei critique service. In her spare time, she is a staff worker for her church youth group, and she leads one of the worship teams for Sunday service. On
her blog, she gives away Christian novels and ponders frivolous things. Sign up for
her newsletter YahooGroup for monthly giveways!