Thank you so much for mentioning The Painting Story to a friend! I have had so many requests for it that it does make me think about alternate means of publication. I also have a hope that if I can sell the novel I just finished, publishers would be interested in The Painting Story (which is a quiet story) as a second novel.

I think that paper books, at least for me, carry a lot of memories from early childhood when we first discovered the delights inside.

There is a lot to be said for color. And there’s a reason so many buy ‘decal skins’ and specially-designed covers for their Kindles. It reminds them more of books and it tells me that color and texture are missed even by the most avid Kindle users (who often say they can’t do without the device/holder).

I’ve already written my own reactions to reading an author’s words on a Kindle, an experience which, even for my own admittedly often-odd mind, even more mesmerizing for other reasons. I’d not give up most of my paper books though, at least not the ones I enjoyed very much.

Since you do have a Kindle, maybe visit at http://kindleboards.com (I’m not affiliated with them but visit it regularly to see how people are feeling about their Kindles and their reading).

I was interested in recommending your Painting Story to a friend who’s a painter but couldn’t find a place to get it. If you’ve not had it published, have you given thought to self-publishing via Amazon?

If a book gets a large readership (usually via starting at lower rates and then increasing it once it becomes known), Amazon even has a new feature of choosing to publish books that do very well with Kindle readers.

There is maybe more talk about that on the Amazon forums but the Kindleboards are a gentler setting and very well organized and searchable (whereas the Amazon boards are not).

Since you’re already much read on the web with so many web publications wanting your work, I would think Amazon’s digital self-publishing might be something to consider. Apologies if this is not something you’d want to consider.

– Andrys