Since I have no experience writing fiction, I refrain from commenting on prospects of fiction ebooks, but I do like to read what others have to say about that market. Unlike computer ebooks that could be read on a laptop or a desktop PC (while you use whatever information the computer book offers), I thought that you'd need a handy ebook reader to read fiction ebooks. To me, computer ebooks just seemed to have more potential than fiction ebooks. Then I read a recent post—In Our Continuing Series of Electronic Publishing Rants, Episode IV—where Booksquare mentions that ebook fiction seems to be thriving. Although the conclusion is based on anecdotal evidence of ebook authors reporting increasing sales, I found it reassuring that fiction ebooks are doing well.
Booksquare acknowledges that ebooks will not replace paper books, but many people do like to download and read ebooks, so ebooks are attracting an ever-growing audience. Booksquare suggests that authors with book rights can consider making their titles available as ebooks and publishers with out-of-print titles, for which they have the copyrights, can offer them as ebooks or in POD format. These seem to be sensible suggestions for both authors and publishers. By the way, on the subject of piracy, Booksquare suggests that we look at the Project Gutenberg model and stop fearing piracy so much.
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