Talk about e-readers and everyone immediately thinks, ‘Kindle’. Fair enough. Amazon’s series of Kindles are the market leader and more than any other company, Amazon has done much to free authors from the stranglehold of the large publishing houses and bring reading to experience to millions who may never have bought a book.
(Yes, I know it’s also given platform to those who can barely write a Christmas card, which in turn has done a great deal of damage to the many, fine indie authors out there. None of that is germane to this piece.)
The Kindle, however, is not the be all and end all. Latest figures from the trade press indicate that Amazon has about 60% of the e-book market what about the other 40%? Are they to be denied the delights and puzzles of the STAC Mysteries ? Can they not steep themselves in the edge-of-the-seat suspense of The Handshaker pursuit?
Of course they can. As a self-publisher, I ensured that my works were available across all channels (including PDF for those with the patience to read on a computer). Crooked Cat Books has exactly the same policy.
So, too, apparently do Barnes & Noble whose Nook reader has proved a worthy opponent of the Kindle in the USA. They have now launched their e-reader in the UK.
No point asking me to go into tech specs. What I know about this things would fill a postage stamp… all right, half a postage stamp.
What I do know is that you can now download the STAC Mysteries and titles like The Handshaker onto this device in the UK. And when I checked up, all the titles are there.
The Filey Connection, The I-Spy Murders, A Halloween Homicide, A Murder for Christmas are all there on Nook UK. All you have to do is search for the title.
The same is true of other e-readers, like the Sony. You may have to search around a little, but they’re all there.
And if you don’t feel like searching, you still have two other options.
First there’s the Crooked Cat online store where you can download the ebooks in MOBI (Kindle) (EPUB (Nook) or PDF.
And finally, there is Smashwords, where you can download in all formats.
And let’s not forget, there’s still Amazon for those who have the Kindle or want the paperback.
So don’t let your choice of media restrict you. It’s all out there, just waiting for you.
Source:
http://www.dwrob.com/2012/11/every-nook-and-sony/