For women only... what eBooks? - Page 4

Robertb · 03-01-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch

*blinks*

Well, when you put it THAT way, Robert...

Dear wonderful Maggie:

O.K. Just for you we will be sure to include plenty of hunky UPS drivers and carpenters clad only in workshoes!! (HA! HA!)

lilac_jive · 03-01-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear wonderful Maggie:

O.K. Just for you we will be sure to include plenty of hunky UPS drivers and carpenters clad only in workshoes!! (HA! HA!)

Couple that with ePub and I'll be there

Robertb · 03-01-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

No, I just mean that most of the people who read these books are women. I didn't feel like it was sexist for Robert to ask women about these books. They are the market for romance/erotica, whether they read them or not. I was much more insulted that Jon thinks that those who like romance/erotica have poor taste in books.

Dear lilac_ jive:

Yes. That is why I asked. I am the opposite of sexist. I am MORE than concerned that I do NOT create something for me... I want it to be something for all, including (very much) women. That is the intent. To ask women what they want.

This goes back to my basic philosophy: we want to sell what end users want and not say: "here it is, now buy the damned thing".

Robertb · 03-01-2010, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Couple that with ePub and I'll be there

Dear lilac_jive:

I am trying to save something for the grand announcement. I am doing a lousy job.

ONE of the particularly good things about this certain website is that ALL content on it will be PDF and EPUB. Our intent is to cut out the agravation of finding a title and then wondering if it will be offered in your chosen format. At this certain website, you will not even have to guess.

SO...please be there!!

lilac_jive · 03-01-2010, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear lilac_jive:

I am trying to save something for the grand announcement. I am doing a lousy job.

ONE of the particularly good things about this certain website is that ALL content on it will be PDF and EPUB. Our intent is to cut out the agravation of finding a title and then wondering if it will be offered in your chosen format. At this certain website, you will not even have to guess.

SO...please be there!!

You didn't have to give it up, I'm just telling you what it'll take for me to show up!

I hate keep secrets, especially when people keep drilling me about it.

jusmee · 03-01-2010, 08:24 PM

Do not forget to include meta data about the book, especially it's length. Some sites don't do this, and I won't buy from them, having been 'burned' by purchasing a book at what seemed a reasonable price, then finding it was only 10 pages long !!!

JSWolf · 03-01-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Laura81

I'm willing to bet that men are less likely to read a book where a female is the main character. Would men read say... Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series as much as women would, probably not. Would men read it, yes, but not as much as women. Same goes for Jodi Picoult's books.

I have read The first Kay Scarpetta book. But, I'm still deciding if I want to read the next one. The writing just seemed to put me off a tad. I've also read some of the J.D. Robb books and they are pretty food and the sex is not all that in your face. And the book I am reading now is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Kim Harrison.

I've read other books were the lead is female. So yes, men do read such books. We just don't read the books where the sex/romance.porn is the focus of the book.

Robertb · 03-01-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jusmee

Do not forget to include meta data about the book, especially it's length. Some sites don't do this, and I won't buy from them, having been 'burned' by purchasing a book at what seemed a reasonable price, then finding it was only 10 pages long !!!

Dear Jusmee:

I will go and check now.

JSWolf · 03-01-2010, 08:36 PM

An example of a good interface is when I want to see the newly added books and don't have to have a limit in the number of hits as the site will just give me all in date order.

JSWolf · 03-01-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear all:

SO many great comments. I guess I am just too old or something.

We definitely do not mean porn at all... but I was recently amazed when I leafed through a female erotica book we have that surprised me. I had expected kind of "soft core"... The UPS guy with rippled muscles who the woman secretly lusted for. What I found is that female erotica gets pretty specific> toys, spankings, certain rings, gags, blindfolds and more in relatively vivid detail.

Rest assured that the new website is NOT a den of roped and tied UPS guys at the hands of a dominatrix. BUT, we want to make this amenable to all interests. Yes: mystery, espionage, romance, adventures, non-fiction, needlepoint, spiritual, how-to and science fiction will all be there. In short, we will not censor anything.

Now, WHEN this certain website is released... it will not be perfect. We have a ton of eBooks on there for everything from cooking to exercising to dieting to UPS guys built like Stonehenge. I am heavily into action/adventure fiction. I love Dirk Pitt and Tom Clancy and W.E.B. Griiffon, and all that sort of genre. There will be a ton of everything on there. BUT... we will be adding to the site. I want to add eBooks from Harlequin and from "Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books". I view this as a constant work in progress. Yes, almost all of the latest Bestsellers from the New York Times will be there. Yes, I personally monitor those New York Times lists weekly and we add those titles. Eventually, I want to go after everything from Environmental eBooks to books in languages other than English.

Thank you, all, for the ideas.

I just found a book at the library (eBook) that's a BDSM version of Alice in Wonderland. It's titled Alice in Chains. Turns out it's the 2nd of 3 books but only the 2nd is available. I didn't know Overdrive had erotica. I thought it was just romance at best. The category is erotic literature.

Robertb · 03-01-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jusmee

Do not forget to include meta data about the book, especially it's length. Some sites don't do this, and I won't buy from them, having been 'burned' by purchasing a book at what seemed a reasonable price, then finding it was only 10 pages long !!!

Dear Jusmee:

ALL of our present content is the full eBook and not a portion. That I can assure you.

I do not know if the content comes with that info (we cannot count the pages for every title ourselves); BUT I have made the recommendation that we should add this as soon as we can. Let me see if we have that!!

lilac_jive · 03-01-2010, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear Jusmee:

ALL of our present content is the full eBook and not a portion. That I can assure you.

I do not know if the content comes with that info (we cannot count the pages for every title ourselves); BUT I have made the recommendation that we should add this as soon as we can. Let me see if we have that!!

I think they are talking about file size or word count. Stinks when you pay money for a full book and it's really just a novella. File size comes in handy for me, and ESPECIALLY helpful on smashwords (since tons of people there put up books that are extremely short)

theducks · 03-01-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Laura81

I'm willing to bet that men are less likely to read a book where a female is the main character. Would men read say... Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series as much as women would, probably not. Would men read it, yes, but not as much as women. Same goes for Jodi Picoult's books.

You obviously do not read books from Baen

Honor Harrington
Calley O'neil

(more I don't remember off the top)
Other Publishers
The Kris Longknife series
Many of L.E. Modesitts series'
Vatta's war series

there are lots of Leading Female characters out ther in SF land

theducks · 03-01-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear wonderful Maggie:

O.K. Just for you we will be sure to include plenty of hunky UPS drivers and carpenters clad only in workshoes!! (HA! HA!)

Check out http://www.utilikilts.com/
(Hint: Some of the Mocumercials are a hoot)

jusmee · 03-01-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I think they are talking about file size or word count. Stinks when you pay money for a full book and it's really just a novella. File size comes in handy for me, and ESPECIALLY helpful on smashwords (since tons of people there put up books that are extremely short)

Yes, that's what I meant. The purchased 'ebook' was the whole thing, just that it was a short story - not a full length novel.

You can't always trust file size, because some include a large graphic (front page or whatever) and that inflates the file size - in fact it can be bigger than the book itself

Word count is a good idea , and it can be automated. Some have a reading time, but I bet it's estimated from word count.

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03-01-2010, 08:24 PM	#51
jusmee Wizard Posts: 1,047 Karma: 203682 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Libre 2	Do not forget to include meta data about the book, especially it's length. Some sites don't do this, and I won't buy from them, having been 'burned' by purchasing a book at what seemed a reasonable price, then finding it was only 10 pages long !!!

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,970 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	An example of a good interface is when I want to see the newly added books and don't have to have a limit in the number of hits as the site will just give me all in date order.

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