Comments on: International Author Series: Nalini Singh

By: In My Books » Willing Slave to Sensation

In My Books » Willing Slave to Sensation — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:49:13 +0000

[...] here. Kristie has a good synopsis if you're inclined to bloghop, and Jane at DearAuthor ran an interview with the author. I'll dive straight into what worked for [...]

By: Wednesday Web Wanderer « Milady Insanity

Wednesday Web Wanderer « Milady Insanity — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:16:48 +0000

[...] DearAuthor has started an International Authors series, and it starts with Nalini Singh. [...]

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:08:36 +0000

Ebook versions of print books have been around for a while. Not putting your book in ebook format doesn’t prevent piracy; it prevents legitimate sales of ebooks as individuals who want the ebook version go to great lengths to obtain it. Witness the people who are buying the illegal ebook version of JK Rowling’s books. People clearly want to pay for their preferred format, but lacking a legitimate source turn to one that is not.

Make the ebook version available for sale and you are going to capture sales, not lose them because if people want a pirated version, they’ll get it regardless of whether the book is in eform or not.

So publishers who don’t get in the ebook game are losing out. Certainly S&S, RandomHouse and Harper Collins feels strongly about the digital publishing venture. The rest of the publishers need to wise up.

By: Angelle

Angelle — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:03:45 +0000

[quote comment="24168"]That too bad that publishers don’t see the POTENTIAL of ebook sales when there is virtually no overhead costs. I can’t believe that’s the only reason for why they don’t support ebooks right now is for lack of audience. [/quote]
Probably they’re afraid of piracy. Kristin Nelson from Nelson Agency discussed it, but there are people who put the entire ebook on websites…not just ebooks, but scanned copies of print books as well.

By: Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:36:42 +0000

For Nalini: What if you didn’t have a natural American voice for your characters, do you think your readership would be less in the States?

Dalia, IMO not necessarily. I would say it would depend upon the type of book. As jmc pointed out, there are readers who prefer more colloquialisms etc. I know of several recent Sil Desire authors who have been picked up because of their strong NZ voice. In some cases, they have even been given leave to stick to British spelling vs American. So as always, it’s a case of finding where your natural voice fits.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:27:49 +0000

jmc, our spam blocker just thought you were spamming us. I retrieved your comment and it’s showing up under Jane’s rant — I mean opinion - post.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:49:14 +0000

Heh. I am used to readers (and edtors) assuming I am American. Some detect an unextinguishable “accent” in my writing and henceforth assume me to be British. There are a few other countries out there peeps ;)

By: jmc

jmc — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:50:51 +0000

Dammit, my comment disappeared. ::sigh::

Interesting interview, especially the answer re: colloquialisms and place. I’m wondering if the effort not to confuse readers isn’t a little detrimental, though, sometimes. In a couple of Singh’s Silh. Desires, the NZ setting was mentioned by the characters as the plot progressed, but the books lacked a distinctive feeling of place, IMO. The setting of one could’ve been any large city; the other could’ve been a ranch in Texas or Colorado or Montana, despite references to MacKenzie country. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Personally, I like reading colloquialisms and I like settings to have roles in the story. To each her own. ::shrug::

By: Keishon

Keishon — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:18:56 +0000

That too bad that publishers don’t see the POTENTIAL of ebook sales when there is virtually no overhead costs. I can’t believe that’s the only reason for why they don’t support ebooks right now is for lack of audience. The same audience that’s there for the print version ought to be there for the ebook, too. You would think but I’m just a reader with a PDA device and who prefers ebook format over print any day of the week. Everybody has a smartphone, a PDA device, they just need to know that they can read books on it too.

I’m gone. Later.

By: Christine Rimmer

Christine Rimmer — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:08:04 +0000

Nalini, first I wanted to say how much I loved Slave to Sensation–which I bought as a result of all that great online buzz, generated, I learned later, by Jane’s viral blogging experiment. Will definitely be picking up Visions of Heat.

Re the “why isn’t it an ebook” question. I think at this point print publishers are often holding off on ebooks until they’re sure the audience will be there. As a result, they’re often behind the curve, picking up on a great author after she’s already got a series going and then, instead of printing the series backlist, just starting at the current release and going on from there. At this point, print publishers aren’t focusing on ebooks. I’m figuring they’ll catch up on this. In time.