Positive things about epublishing

Emily Veinglory has been calling for bloggers to post something positive about epublishing this Saturday. And since I am all about the fluff over here, I’ll happily oblige.

I remember my first exposure to ebooks. A role playing buddy had gotten published with ExStacy Books. She wrote some pretty BDSM-y titles that I still haven’t managed to buy because I think she’s trying to move on to bigger and better things, and also, despite her being my friend, that type of story doesn’t appeal. At any rate, that got me curious about this whole epublishing thang, and so I started googling.

I can’t remember how I got from my friend to Dakota Cassidy, but somehow I ended up on Dakota’s Yahoo group, and from there I found Changeling Press, which introduced me to the notion of what it was finally like to have a TBR pile. (Incidentally, I didn’t stop buying from Changeling Press because of the covers, which are, of course, a non-issue for me. I stopped buying from them because I find really short quickie type stories somewhat less than satisfying.)

After my first few purchases of ebooks, I soon started reading little else. Sometimes this involves a lot of scanning, but hey, I know what I like.

Right now, I mostly still don’t pay attention to the publishers I buy from, because I have discovered Fictionwise. Because of them, I’ve discovered more authors and stories I never would have even considered reading, and my To Be Bought list has grown significantly lately. What I particularly like about shopping via Fictionwise is my exposure to e-authors who aren’t writing erotic romance. Hey, I love me some erotic romance, but I can’t do a steady diet of it.

So it’s all just a viscious circle designed to ensure I never have money again. First there are the ebook authors, then the publishers, then Fictionwise, and finally, my credit card howling for release. And I love every minute of it.