tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post7441938953054954513..comments2024-03-14T02:27:34.359-04:00Comments on The Yummy Mummy: E-Books: Why Today is a Good Day to Be A WriterKim Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12931573096200273764noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-43166040118255876312011-05-16T17:18:18.900-04:002011-05-16T17:18:18.900-04:00I've resisted eBooks partly because I've w...I've resisted eBooks partly because I've worried about corporate control of information and partly because I am so attached to to the experience of holding a book and turning its pages. As I've been reading around lately, though, it seems there are many independent venues for self-publishing (and purchasing) and many writers are putting forward good arguments in favour of eBooks. Your post is one, here's another from Natalee Caple, in the National Post: http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/16/natalee-caple-resisting-borders/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-64410408569153209162011-05-09T11:58:21.419-04:002011-05-09T11:58:21.419-04:00Love reading your words in any form. I use my kind...Love reading your words in any form. I use my kindle because I can find almost anything that appeals to me. I love the accessibility of unknown authors instead of what publishers think "would sell". I use my iPad all the time to check out blogs and to cook from recipes that I have found.<br />Go for it Kim, you're talented and have a voice that needs to be heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-77394812695830661312011-05-08T20:27:17.779-04:002011-05-08T20:27:17.779-04:00You jump in there Missy. You jump with both feet. ...You jump in there Missy. You jump with both feet. The older I get the more I am sure that one can do anything they want. Love you can do it.Janishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17121018592693915098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-77642630537889569652011-05-08T20:26:52.015-04:002011-05-08T20:26:52.015-04:00I love my kobo (canadian version of the kindle) an...I love my kobo (canadian version of the kindle) and I love my ipad. I am loving technology. Period.<br />Not long ago, I won a book and asked them to download me a copy vs. mailing me a hard copy. It was awesome.vicky weisshttp://www.momwhoruns.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-73337031970619807682011-05-06T21:30:56.577-04:002011-05-06T21:30:56.577-04:00I've been a professional writer for 20 years, ...I've been a professional writer for 20 years, but have never wanted to write a book. Always thought it was too much hassle, hype and "platform" song-and-dance for too little payoff. But with this post, you may have singlehandedly changed my mind.<br /><br />I started my journalism career in newspapers, loving the immediacy, instant feedback and feeling that what I did mattered. Then I switched to magazine freelancing. The freedom, flexibility, money -- all good. The longer lead times and distant readership -- not so good.<br /><br />When I started blogging a year ago, it was like, wow, where have you been all my life? It's the immediacy of newspapers with the depth and freedom of magazines. And the reader engagement? Astonishing, soul-satisfying awesomeness.<br /><br />And now you've captured exactly the reasons I've always avoided a book. And also the reasons that a book as you describe it could be a pretty fantastic thing. Especially that part about the readers, and knowing your audience and trusting that they'll seek and find the good stuff amid the stunning amount of crap.<br /><br />So, thanks, Kim, for this. <br /><br />BTW, there is a magazine that would be a good fit for the "Angry Mom" essay in its true, raw form: Brain, Child. But you'd be doing it for love, not money. And you already do the blog for that. So I still vote for the Kindle Single.Christina @ Spoonfedhttp://www.spoonfedblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-6481500263077713302011-05-06T20:06:56.029-04:002011-05-06T20:06:56.029-04:00You go, girl! I'll gladly read you work in any...You go, girl! I'll gladly read you work in any format.<br /> I love using my iPad as a reader, and I think you are right about the gatekeepers changing. But, it wiill take as much marketing savvy as talent to stand out in that new world.<br />Fingers crossed.Lynnhttp://eatdrinkmanwomandogscat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-42808887093416175542011-05-06T15:53:39.169-04:002011-05-06T15:53:39.169-04:00Totally inspiring!Totally inspiring!Mairi@Toasthttp://toast-mairi.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-1453645163138188482011-05-06T14:20:45.183-04:002011-05-06T14:20:45.183-04:00Fantastic! Electronic, paper, traditional publishe...Fantastic! Electronic, paper, traditional publisher, self-published -- I'm looking forward to all that you have to say, in whatever venues you want to say it.CookiePiehttp://www.bethlipton.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-25783147703978086052011-05-06T13:15:38.198-04:002011-05-06T13:15:38.198-04:00I'm so happy for you, Kim. I'll be one of ...I'm so happy for you, Kim. I'll be one of the first to buy your book -- well, anything you write, really. No matter the format. Good luck this summer with the writing - and remember, I'm cheering you on from Florida.merry jenniferhttp://www.merrygourmet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-60970386899305356622011-05-06T12:28:36.785-04:002011-05-06T12:28:36.785-04:00Good for you and best wishes on the completion ove...Good for you and best wishes on the completion over the summer.<br /><br />You know, it doesn't matter *what you wear* to the prom or *who you go with*, whether you arrive in a limo or on a scooter. What truly matters is that you get there and you are closer to arriving at it than ever.<br /><br />Yeah :)Paulahttp://vanillabeanbaker.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-44156721095775919482011-05-06T12:20:35.398-04:002011-05-06T12:20:35.398-04:00Sharon -
Your brother is an inspiration! What an...Sharon - <br /><br />Your brother is an inspiration! What an amazing story!<br /><br />And as for you, dust off that book, girl! There is no better time!<br /><br />KimThe Yummy Mummyhttp://www.theyummymummy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-76226259025627323012011-05-06T12:18:15.618-04:002011-05-06T12:18:15.618-04:00This is great news--really great news. Good for yo...This is great news--really great news. Good for you, good for all of us.<br /><br />In 1970 my brother returned home from a devastating 6 months in New York, bloodied and unpublished. But unstoppable. He was then, and is still a poet, and now a publisher among many other things.<br /><br />He sat for a long time-fiddling among the kitchen drawers, and then he wrote a book--just a little book on radios that you can build out of a bit of wire, and such.<br /><br />He self-published that book in 1970-to do it he learned printing and binding, and more. He learned photography, and half tones and more. <br /><br />That book still sells--STILL sells about 5000 copies a year. <br />He self published other books, also still selling, for other writers, and a few on his poetry. <br /><br />Times have changed now and the e-book is the best example of how we can circumvent the dragons that have stood at the gates of traditional publishing.<br /><br />I have been noodling with finishing a book that has been half written for 35 years. Your post has given me a real boost in the right direction.<br /><br />Thank youSharon Mironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-59646800658536085022011-05-06T11:54:27.752-04:002011-05-06T11:54:27.752-04:00Kate -
You really are the bridge between the tra...Kate - <br /><br />You really are the bridge between the traditional and the modern. I can see you in your 18th century French kitchen, chopping with an old cleaver and checking out your ipad for techniques and recipes. You are fearless. <br /><br />KimThe Yummy Mummyhttp://www.theyummymummy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-60282236287670647902011-05-06T11:42:29.334-04:002011-05-06T11:42:29.334-04:00Kim, I am surprised and delighted that I am using ...Kim, I am surprised and delighted that I am using my new Ipad everyday- from listen to NPR in my Gascon kitchen to looking up a standard recipe when my brain goes dead at dinner time. Yes, it gets a bit of duck fat on it, but hey, that's what kitchen towels are for. go for it.Kate Hillhttp://www.kitchen-at-camont.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-27777190803000629582011-05-06T09:19:30.212-04:002011-05-06T09:19:30.212-04:00Warner -
You raise a great point. I wonder how p...Warner - <br /><br />You raise a great point. I wonder how people will feel about getting their cookbooks - the ones they really cook from - on a machine. <br /><br />Great question. <br /><br />KimThe Yummy Mummyhttp://www.theyummymummy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-91634051380799245362011-05-06T09:16:47.710-04:002011-05-06T09:16:47.710-04:00I haven't purchased a Kindle yet, but will, pr...I haven't purchased a Kindle yet, but will, probably next week. And odds are that if you publish it I will buy it.<br /><br />However I doubt I would buy an electronic cook book, I am not a neat cook and the output device would soon be covered with a fine coating of ground meat, flour, sugar, fruit, pepper and water. Problem there. <br /><br />As said in theater, break a leg.Warner (aka ntsc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12924176333302007261noreply@blogger.com