There's a special kind of pleasure in being completely in control over cover, pricing, blurbs - if you cringe you only have yourself to blame! - and watching the numbers tick over each day as sales rise.
Lots of discussions on the web about the process at the moment. There's a particularly interesting article on the up side of the business in The Washington Post and when the WP is taking this seriously, you know that there's been a change in the wind.
That said, I wouldn't put a book that hadn't been professionally edited into the public sphere. Heck, I even asked my Harlequin editor to look at my short story for Loves Me, Loves Me Not before I handed it in.
One of the great things about eBooks, I've found - as a reader - is that I can download a sample first and if I can't wait to read on, then all I have to do is click on buy. If I don't I haven't lost anything except a few minutes of my time. I do urge you all to do this with writers you don't know.
I'm still reading lots of paper, too - love my local library - but, faced with the task of winnowing a lifetime collection of books x 2 (the dh is a great book buyer) when we do eventually sell the house and move, I'm grateful that this latest batch can be slipped into my handbag.
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