tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post6342425340303728631..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: KINDLE FIRE BEATS NOOK : WITH NOOK, YOU GET LESS FOR MORERoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-22540612648331734252011-11-25T22:12:25.754-06:002011-11-25T22:12:25.754-06:00Ann :
I agree with you : monopolies are usually a ...Ann :<br />I agree with you : monopolies are usually a bad thing. But I do not believe B&N or BOOKSAMILLION are going anywhere -- they are a social institution, coffee and reading and using your laptop, while visiting with like-minded individuals.<br /><br />I'm glad you're enjoying Victor Standish -- I tried to make it a meld of SUPER 8 and TRUE BLOOD. An American kind of KIM that both adults and young adults could equally enjoy, identifying with the different age groups represented.<br /><br />Again I agree with you about trying to promote something in November. I feel like I'm playing to an empty house. My contest's gifts are outstanding, and it just seems as if bloggers are yawning, going HO-HUM. Ouch!<br /><br />I am with the ghost of Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain (my alter egos LOL) in that NaNoWriMo seems a sad waste of a whole month in which folks focus on quantity instead of quality.<br /><br />Give your daughter a hug from me and say it is from Victor! LOL. Have a great weekend, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-44498526835292354602011-11-25T21:06:31.392-06:002011-11-25T21:06:31.392-06:00I think you're correct about this, but I got m...I think you're correct about this, but I got my daughter the Kindle Fire and I already have a Nook. I also have the Kindle Reader that I got a year ago, but I like to buy books for the Nook when what I want is available on it because I hate to see B&N go under/hate to see Amazon have such a monopoly. But if the Kindle Fire is better, which it is, then people are going to buy it.<br /><br />BTW, I have Victor Standish on my Kindle Reader, as you probably know, and this week is going to be my week to finish reading it and review it. I'm on chapter 8 and I like it very much!! (I've discovered this is not a month to promote, what with Thanksgiving and NaNoWriMo taking the spotlight.)<br /><a href="http://annbestblog.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Ann Best, Memoir Author</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69632000101711471732011-11-25T21:02:00.277-06:002011-11-25T21:02:00.277-06:00mshatch :
Thanks! Through November and December, ...mshatch :<br />Thanks! Through November and December, 100% of the profits I make from my two Victor Standish novels will go to The Salvation Army : <br /><br />they were there for me when I was six on the streets of Detroit and they were heroes in New Orleans after Katrina.<br /><br />The Kindle Fire seems a good choice -- which is why I am giving one away in my FRIENDS OF VICTOR STANDISH CONTEST. It reads Flash where the Nook does not. Another great point in its favor.<br /><br />I wish you the best of holiday seasons, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-92135188376038418692011-11-25T19:35:10.218-06:002011-11-25T19:35:10.218-06:00thanks for this. I've been thinking about the ...thanks for this. I've been thinking about the kindle fire...<br /><br />ps what an awesome idea to give some of the proceeds of your story to the salvation army :)mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.com