19 March 2012
The Lure of E-Book Publishing
I’ve always believed that there's a lot of good luck involved in getting the right story on the right desk at the right time. My latest teenage novel
Touchstone examines a very topical New Zealand issue (the ethics of digging more open-cast coal mines), but I can't find a publisher for it.
I'm intrigued by the idea of publishing it as an e-book, using the services provided by websites such as
Smashwords or
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. There are bound to be catches – but I'm keen to know more. Kiwi Write4Kidz is currently organising a seminar on e-book publishing for authors, to be held on April 28th in Auckland.
Click here for further information and bookings.
More e-book news –
Hideout is out of print and
Cross Tides is almost out of print – but Random House NZ have expressed interest in issuing both titles as e-books. Watch this space...