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What a great post Rob and wonderful information for all of us to heed. eBooks are certainly taking off and it's about time that their effectiveness was recognized. Authors now have many options in how they reach and communicate with their readers.

As Rob said, there are publishers who will distribute your eBooks for you and then there are platforms such as Amazon, and in reality, you can do both.

This is actually an exciting time for writers because there are so many options and choices and it's feasible to try several if not all of them.

That's one of the reasons I'm glad to serve on the board of the Love Is Murder CON - we don't tell authors who publish with a small press or who publish direct on Amazon, or any other vehicle that their path to publishing is not for us. We are an inclusive CON that recognizes the value in all writers/authors and we cheer them on to great success. We even stand up against a record-breaking blizzard and welcome all to brave the publishing storms with us.

Let the true and mighty writers and readers of mystery and romantic suspense be heard! Hope to see you at Love Is Murder CON this weekend.

Tomorrow morning Baby is taking part in a school arts programme as narrator of her class play. She was thrilled to land the role, which she had to audition for. She even started mumbling about a career in the arts, but I suspect something else will soon grab her attention. Or she’ll go back to wanting to be an accountant. That's what she wanted to do for years after finding out that there were

To improve the blog as it enters its third year, I had to look at some of the things I didn't do well . These are not New Year Resolutions and there are no timelines to them. I will get to them, when I get to them. Still, for 2008, you can look forward to: 1. More book reviews, done regularly to some sort of schedule – I didn’t do book reviews regularly, and I didn’t do many. But I have learnt

Tomorrow Johannesburg author Gail van Onselen is launching her children's book Claude & Millie tomorrow at Estoril Books at the Village Walk in Sandton. The launch is at 11h00, and if you're in the area, join her? I wrote Gail a quick email to ask her about herself and her book. She says: Claude & Millie is a story about two dogs who borrow a car and go on an adventure. The rhythm of the

Next week Camille Lagarrigue, author of the Miss Behave books will visit the Ricardo Mülder Community Library in Edenvale as part of their holiday programme. The event will be the first public reading of her second book, Miss Behave and the Sacred Cats of Ancient Egypt. Children will also have the opportunity to ask Camille all the questions they have about Miss Behave. There will also be

I just received a note from Camille Lagarrigue, author of the "Miss Behave... " series. She says: Hooray! Miss Behave and the Sacred Cats of Ancient Egypt is finally here! If you would like to get your paws on a signed copy please let her know. You can order a copy directly from her at R95. The book will also be available through local bookstores (Exclusive Books), but I'm not sure when.