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The Magic of Print

8/25/2021

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The picture below, taken in August, 2014, was instrumental in changing my publishing journey. It was a photoshoot with fellow novelists D.M. Cain and Tony R. Cox.
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But do you see the difference? They were published in paperback, whereas my books up to that time were only in e-format for Kindles, Kobos, and other electronic readers.

I'd thought e-readers were the future of publishing, and that print books were on the way out. Then one of my short stories was published in a paperback anthology, and to see my work in an actual printed book was somewhat magical.

Almost immediately afterwards I posed for that photograph as we all had new books out. And it made me feel like the poor relation. I was smitten with the idea of becoming a genuine paperback writer, so began my search for a print publisher. Fast forward to today, I now have five books out in paperback and eformat...with two of them in hardback.

The point of me telling you all this, is to show how technology has changed the publishing world. Two of my books are available in audio format, and a third is in production. Those same two also come in both large print and pocket book editions, and one has been translated into Spanish, as well as being a Spanish audiobook.

A far cry from my early days as a fiction writer in 2012 to that epiphany from this month seven years ago, when an electronic device was the only way to read my books. 

While I originally thought ebooks were the only way forward, I see now that they fit hand-in-glove with print format. For instance, I read print books during the day, and ebooks in bed, where it's easier to hold my Kindle.  
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8/25/2021 07:08:40 am

It was a chat over a pint with you that inspired me to write books. Four now in paperback and Kindle, plus stories in anthologies and a limited edition paperback. Thank you, Stewart.

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Stewart Bint
8/25/2021 07:51:21 am

I well remember that evening in The Blue Bell, in Desford. Glad that I was able to help your publishing journey.

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    He lives with his wife, Sue, in Leicestershire in the UK, and has two children, Christopher and Charlotte, and a budgie called Bertie.

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