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All great stuff, just spent some time on ebay buying some new titles. I buy whatever these days, paperback, ex-library, reading copies, hardback and now Kindle as well.
My sister the librarian has a running battle going with her husband about allowing his Kindle into the house. Both of us love the tactile quality of holding a book, having a case full of hardcovers. While I appreciate the convenience, especially when traveling, I don't see myself with digital books soon. They seem more adapted to fiction, but an electronic copy Ludwig Olsen's Mauser book or SDH's books wouldn't fly with me. I was just thinking about Kindling Custom Rifles as a means to wider distribution?!? I can't afford to print a second edition... BTW, I don't have a Kindle.
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I had no plans to buy a Kindle but a friend who had a windfall bought all her friends Kindles. Once I've used it I have see the light or words as it may be. A complete download of a book just takes seconds. You can store books at Amazon and the device has it's own wireless network. There are hundreds of free books, they now have reference books as well. It's a complete library in your pocket. A charge last for about three weeks of reading. It's fast changing pages ;-). Now after have said all those good things I don't get books that my wife or daughter who lives here in town reads so that somewhat limits it. Check out the selection... Books Gun Books
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I am still enjoying this thread very much. So many writers & books that I have never before encountered. I shall make a list and head off to the library in Eureka.
Does anybody still read John D. MacDonald and his Travis McGee novels? Or Ernest K. Gann? "Twilight for the Gods" is one of my favorites. Were you a USN white hat in times past? Richard McKenna's "The Sand Pebbles" is the best sailor story ever.
I just bought copies of Farley Mowat's "Lost in the Barrens" and "The Curse of the Viking Grave". My shooting companion's grandson is age 12 and bored, bored, bored. He thinks trips to the rifle range with two elderly flatulents are a drag. Perhaps Jamie and Awasin can bring him around.
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SDH,
If you decide to start putting your books out in electronic format I suppose I'll finally have to get one. Just not the same as paper but a damn sight better than no book at all. What I worry about is that there are multiple formats for e books and many are not compatible. Which one will survive? If any? I also worry about obsolescence of the media. How many here still have 5" or mini floppy drives or still use VHS (or BetaMax)? Or have any one of a number of programs or files your new computers can't read? I can see having an electronic library that I can't read in 5 years. Even if I choose the right format, what happens when the memory crashes? Doesn't happen with paper but it bloody well does with electronics. I guess the bottom line is if it can't be done any other way I'll find a way to live with it. Perhaps print and bind my own copy. I do have some books on book binding.
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Waterman, I haven't read every Travis McGee, just everyone I could find. Great when I'm layed up with illness. About 3 hours each.
Have been listening to Elmore Lenard on tape when I'm driving along distance by myself, having read many of them.
Jerry, thinking about Kindling is a long way from doing it, but I'm flattered. an alternative to reprint? and I'm getting pretty familiar with the digital format. What do you think if the stuff on the web site? Would that kind of thing work on Kindle? Anyone?
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Does anybody still read John D. MacDonald and his Travis McGee novels? Or Ernest K. Gann? "Twilight for the Gods" is one of my favorites. Were you a USN white hat in times past? Richard McKenna's "The Sand Pebbles" is the best sailor story ever.
Yeah, I remember reading Ernest K. Gann's "Soldier of Fortune" and "Fate is the Hunter" when I was a teenager and then later "Twilight for the Gods" . There was a good line in "Soldier of Fortune" that stuck with me throughout my life that I try to teach to my students. "We can get fancy after we get good." I don't know if this will help anyone, but this seller on gunbroker has a lot of books, kind of high priced, but if your pockets are deeper than mine... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=237919639
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My wife introduced me to John D. MacDonald. I think we have them all. I stopped at "Condominium" or something like that. He did write a lot of good stuff besides Travis McGee but they were my favorites as well.
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Steve,
Can you just get the digitized version of your book from your publisher and sell the file in pdf. format? Perhaps just burn it onto disc?
Years ago I paid almost $200 to the Birmingham Proof house to have them send me Xerox copies of the original rules of proof from the modern breech loading era. Actual scans of the original documents. Makes interesting reading. My plan was to transfer it to digital and sell copies. It's still sitting here in a box on the "library" floor.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
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My sprint android phone had a built in kindle app that I had never explored until I read Micheal's note on the Kindle and his links to the availible gun books. I found it quite ease to down load a few of the free books onto it. Will come in handy when I am stuck somewhere waiting.
Steven,
I love having my library to read over and over. Personally, I would never replace any of them with a digital only version of them. However, If I could get a free or for a small charge a digital copy, I would like to have that in addition to the books. It looks to me like a sample could be used as a preview. When the potiental customer sees something he likes, he could instantly download the pdf and recieve the hard copy by mail.
Just my two cents.
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Mixed emotions about Kindles and their ilk. If it means the salvation of book publishing, then I guess I'll have to accept it. Id rather have a hard copy of a book, if I had my druthers. Books have been my refuge all my life. To gaze upon my book cases gives me a profound sense of comfort, the likes of which can't be generated by gazing fondly upon a Kindle.
Someone mentioned Farley Mowat, a prolific writer lost in the mainstream. My favorite of his is "The Boat that Wouldn't Float". I have honestly never laughed so hard while reading a book! (And it was all true!)
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