Comments on: digita pub howto’s

By: Ms Naughty

Ms Naughty — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:40:01 +0000

Thanks for posting this FAQ Violet. I’ve long felt that Digital publishing was the best way for new authors to get their work out to the readers, but it all felt terribly complicated. I’d actually be using Amazon’s Kindle thingy but you have to have a US bank account to use it so I didn’t look into it any further. I guess they have DRM stuff on that.

The issue of copyright is definitely a vexing one… is trust enough? When you start levelling with the consumer saying “Here’s my work, I’m not screwing you over” you have to hope that honesty kicks in. The pessimist in me sees how many Torrent sites there are out there and worries about human nature. At the same time, I think your approach is a good one.

By: Tony Comstock

Tony Comstock — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:59:50 +0000

I love this post and admire your courage! The PTB treat this stuff like it’s rocket science, and it’s not. It’s not voodoo either (Hmmm. From the same woman who FINALLY wrote a demystified g-spot book….)

I’ve often thought that we’d reach more people and make more money adopting a similar distro method for our films. But right now we’re just too wedded to selling plastic; the difference between the download price and the hardcopy price is too big, and I don’t feel like we can’t afford to find out whether or not we’d make up the difference in volume.

Of course that’s the problem, isn’t it, and not just with me. Too focused on the downside/keeping what you have; not thinking about the bigger picture…