tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post3171437108460253291..comments2023-10-25T03:40:54.655-07:00Comments on Neth Space: Do you want me to review your book?Nethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-70976532368114025972012-11-21T12:45:11.422-07:002012-11-21T12:45:11.422-07:00Clarification - I have updated the post to say tha...Clarification - I have updated the post to say that I do read/review ebooks now and in fact prefer ebooks since I've completely run out of shelf space and receiving 300+ paper books a year is getting unsustainable. <br /><br />However, my stance on self-published/vanity books remains the same.Nethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-47547040719005014812012-11-21T03:15:39.248-07:002012-11-21T03:15:39.248-07:00I find myself agreeing with the above commenters t...I find myself agreeing with the above commenters that it is a real pity that you don't review ebooks. It's quite difficult to get exposure if nobody wants to read what one has written. I'm doing my best to plug my recently published fantasy and have encountered precisely this problem.<br /><br />However, thanks to Neth for taking the time to explain why, exactly, he doesn't accept indie work. In doing so he explains why so many other reviewers don't want indie titles. Basically, most of the stuff is so eye-bleedingly bad that the authors couldn't give it away. I haven't personally read much indie work, but I get the sneaking suspicion that there are more horrors awaiting the unwary than I could imagine. <br /><br />Thanks for your time. :)Bruno Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101633852715915472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-84922532325834127342010-10-26T13:07:36.436-07:002010-10-26T13:07:36.436-07:00I just stumbled upon your blog, and enjoyed your r...I just stumbled upon your blog, and enjoyed your review of Ursula LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness.<br />I disagree with the above comment about ebooks, if you spend all day looking at a screen, you dont want tow spend your precious few hours staring at another one.<br />I also disagree with your choice not to review POD books. There are several excellent small presses that only offer ebooks or POD trade paperback, ones where the quality is as good as what is put out by the Big Six.<br />POD is no longer the domain of vanity presses.<br />And I also strongly disagree with your statement that if a writer is good enough his book will get published. Hundreds of excellent books are penned each year, while only dozens are published, and not always the best of the best. Publishers receive hundreds of thousands of submissions each year, yet the market can only stand a few new titles at a time. Ebook and POD technology will allow a lot more of those excellent titles to find their way to readers.<br />And yes, the quality of self-pubbed titles is often lacking, Im not talking about those.<br />How does a savvy reader find these quality books that don't always appear on book shelves? By finding and reading book-reviewers. Like you.<br />You are doing yourself and your readers a dis-service by refusing to review POD titles.C Scott Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681085967877732728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-56097513427240766092009-12-26T23:27:45.968-07:002009-12-26T23:27:45.968-07:00It's a crying shame you don't review ebook...It's a crying shame you don't review ebooks. My new sci-fi novel, TimeSplash is being published (by a commercial publisher) in ebook editions only. There are no plans ever to produce a paper edition. I think you'll be seeing much more of this over the next few years. Meanwhile, the biggest drawback to electronic publishing is that reviewers won't look at e-books.graywavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609426782409481706noreply@blogger.com