My special guest today is Rose Marie Wolf. I’m also over at Rose Marie’s blog today, so I hope you have a chance to visit me over there too. Over to Rose Marie…
Thanks, Shelley, for having me on your blog today. I’m glad to be here.
I’ve been thinking lately about e-books. If anyone had asked me what they were, I would’ve stared at them blankly. E-book? What the heck is that?
It wasn’t until I had started writing serious and considering submitting a manuscript that I began to discover what they were. Books you can read on your computer. Cool! But, I never read one. They cost money to read them online and being out of work at the time, money was a precious commodity.
So, I worked on my books and continued to search for a publisher. Low and behold, Samhain Publishing accepted my first book, Sweet Moon Dreams. It would be out in e-book as well as print. The best of both worlds!
I was excited. I told everyone about it. E-book came first, then print later. When I told people I was published, they wanted to know where they could buy it. Online. It’s an e-book right now. 
Their faces fell and so did mine. They weren’t interested in e-books. Many of them were like me. They had never heard of an e-book before. So they didn’t want to buy it. They were willing to wait months for a print version.
E-books couldn’t be that bad, right? I stressed over it for weeks. I thought e-books were a technological advancement of the publishing world. Wouldn’t people like that?
I soon found out that everyone is different. Some like e-books, some don’t and that’s fine. Many publishers these days tend to give contracts for e-book and print, so all the bases are covered. For me, e-books are a great thing. Once I discovered them, and found my own e-book reader, I fell in love with them. Now, I’m reading e-books as well as print, and I couldn’t be happier to be published with both.
Much Love Always,
Rose Marie Wolf
www.rosemariewolf.com
rosemariewolf.blogspot.com
Rose Marie Wolf is the author of The Moon Series, a series about two werewolves on the run from a group of hunters. Her latest release with Red Rose Publishing, Dark Moon Magick, is the fourth book and conclusion of the series. It is due out in print later this year. An upcoming paranormal romance, Changed, is due out from Red Rose Publishing in e-book also this year.
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April 7th, 2009 at 4:24 am · Link
Good blog. The books look fascinating.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:45 am · Link
Congratulations on your books–both electronic and print.
I love the feel of a good book in my hands as much as the next person, but I buy ebooks almost exclusively now. I think that as a society we have to become more responsible for what we’re doing to our planet—and so I know I do my small part in making a difference by buying my books in e-format—Not to mention the convenience and savings factor.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:02 am · Link
There are so many people going green these days. E-books just seem like the natural choice for those who want to be earth conscious.
But nothing beats the feel or smell of a new paperback.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:41 am · Link
Congrats on being published in both worlds. Have a great day.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:23 am · Link
E-books are growing in popularity all the time. Congrats on the publication of all your books–ebooks and print!
April 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm · Link
I tend to buy mainly ebooks these days. Books are expensive in New Zealand and it takes forever before they hit the stores. I love being able to download an ebook as soon as its released and save quite a bit of money. Storage is a lot easier too!!
I think with the new Sony readers and the Kindle that more and more people are starting to read ebooks and come to love the convenience and portability.
April 7th, 2009 at 2:37 pm · Link
I just purchased a Kindle in February. I love it. I love having my entire library, more or less, with me every minute.
I’ve had so many people ask me about the strange device I seem to be playing on when I’m taking breaks at work. I could be a sales representative. LOL
Thanks for the congratulations, everyone.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:23 pm · Link
Congratulations on your books. I’m crossing my fingers that ebooks become the norm in the near future.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:39 pm · Link
I’m relatively new with ebooks, but I can’t imagine my life without my PDA now that I have it. I can take my books with me wherever I go and not get looked at wierd if th cover is a bit “different” I have a couple of Rosemaries books, and they are excellent. Looking forward to picking up the rest in the near future.
April 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm · Link
Hi, Rose Marie! Congrats on your books! I read a mix of ebooks and print, but because I don’t have an e-reader yet, I still have a slight preference for the portability of print. I like the “green” factor of ebooks though, and can see a lot of pluses including convenience, storage, etc. Yay for books, period!