The Pros and Cons of printed books versus ebooks -

BOOKS Keep them (with one exception). Yes, e-readers are amazing, and yes, they will probably become a more dominant reading platform over time, but consider this about a book: It has a terrific, high-resolution display. It is pretty durable; you could get it a little wet and all would not be lost. It has tremendous battery life. It is often inexpensive enough that, if you misplaced it, you would not be too upset. You can even borrow them free at sites called libraries. Source: Yahoo News

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A friend reviewed a segment of Golden Gate © which had been revised and reviewed. I provided the review comments and the subsequent revised segment. It covered from the end of Chapter 5 through the sub-paragraph titled “The night sky.” His suggestions below

* At start of chapter 6 – “The dialogue makes this better.”

* In middle of “Bitter root”, “The changes make this much better with its details.”

* Later in same sub-paragraph, “This entire section is better with all the added details.”

* At the start of “Danger surrounds”, “This is a lot better with all the added details.”

* When describing the waterspout, he asked, “This spout, does it have some

foreshadowing meaning later or is it for the overboard guy?”

Later we discussed Amanda Hocking, the twenty something writer of paranormal romance novels. I mentioned her success with ebooks, and self-publishing and sales via ebooks. She signed a seven-digit deal with St. Martin’s Press for four novels, her Watersong series. He suggested completing the rewrite of Golden Gate © by Thanksgiving so I can market it on Black Thursday. He said he expects sales of e-book readers to surge.