From the press release: CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, today announced that authors and publishers around the world can now use its independent publishing platform to distribute their books in Europe for free on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it. By using CreateSpace to distribute directly to Amazon, authors and publishers ensure that their titles are always in stock for customers to… (more…)
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Oh, My Hand
Dear reader, At brainpickings.org I stumbled over a collection of wonderful scribbles of monks, scribes and copyists who, in ancient times, sat bent over their large tomes of paper, patiently (more or less) copying large manuscripts. These scribbles were found in the margins of the large works they wrote, and there are some truly marvellous ones among them. ~ New parchment,… (more…)
How green are e-books?
Dear reader, On another website (www.the9billion.com) I found this image, which is quite an eye-opener with respect to the cost and energy needed to make paper books compared to e-books. Have a look at it and be surprised. (It’s behind the cut, to spare the readers who are on RSS feeds etc.)
All Hilda books are now available on paper
Dear reader, Just this afternoon I received the last 3 proofs of the Hilda books “Cats”, “Lycadea” and “Back to school”, and they are just fine: I am more than just a little bit pleased with this, as you may understand. On the page which shows all books that have been published so far ( link ) are all the… (more…)
Hilda on paper (the library is growing)
Dear reader, With much pleasure I can announce that at this moment 5 Hilda-books are also available in print. Unfortunately I am not yet so famous and important that you can run into your local bookstore to obtain a copy, if you would like one, but printed copies are available. Here you can see the covers of the actual books.… (more…)
Paperback writer
Dear reader, You may all be familiar with the song of the Beatles, which bears the same name as this post does. Why did I pick this one? Exactly. You are too smart to fool; it is about paper(back) books. Paper. Upto now only a few of my books are available on paper, and I am seriously wondering if there… (more…)
Witch for sale
I do surprise myself today. Another article appearing. This time it is to let the world know that the first book of Hilda, Hilda, the Wicked Witch, is now for sale in print. If you are interested in acquiring a copy, follow this link and all should become clear.
Hilda on paper
It is incredible, dear reader. In my hand I have the very first printed copy of Hilda’s first story. It is, I immediately admit, not perfect. But it is real, on paper, in my possession. Here is the proof. The front of the book. It has a witch on it. And here is… (more…)
Hilda’s adventures on paper
The amazing, dear reader, may actually come true. This morning I spent a lot of time working on arranging for the first book of Hilda the wicked witch to be printed. So far the first proof copy has yet to be made, and I am anxiously awaiting its arrival. For this joyous (well, I hope it will be such) I do… (more…)
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