Tag archive: e-books

Why I don’t feel bad about getting rid of books

I’m having a purge.  This is part of my great decluttering project, which began just over two years ago (with professional help) when we moved back into a renovated house.  It is a lovely house now, but for some reason… continue reading »

A year of living with a Kindle – statistics

  I had an attack of organisation today and got my tax return in early.  One of the joys of being self-employed is that I can legitimately claim the cost of all the books I buy as an expense. In previous years… continue reading »

Did I say November?

The mug quotes Douglas Adams, and is particularly apt for me today.  I’m sorry – my ‘write an e-book in a month and get it online’ was laughably optimistic – even before I factored in the Half Term Factor (which… continue reading »

About a week in – my experiences of being an author

  I should warn you now, there are a lot of very good reasons why I am an editor rather than a writer.  What I have learnt so far:   I am very bad at getting started I hate deadlines… continue reading »

Writing my own e-book

Never let it be said that I don’t go the extra mile for my clients… I may have mentioned before, I’m somewhere between a Luddite and an I-Addict.  I love new technology once I’ve got the hang of it, but… continue reading »

Are you an e-author or are you for real?

Since I got a Kindle for my birthday, I’ve been exploring self-published e-books, a part of the publishing industry that had escaped me up until then. In the past if you wanted to self-publish you had to pay a fair bit of… continue reading »