The latest edition of At the Back Fence has an interesting article on erotic romance and the RWA graphical standards debacle. Here's an interesting quote from LLB: "Although there have been drastic improvements in the quality of e-books available, I personally believe e-publishing has a way to go in order to compete with traditional print publishers in terms of quality, and until more time has passed and more improvements in the buying and editing of e-books for publishing are made, e-book authors will continue to have second-class status within a genre [EF: romance or erotic romance? I'm not sure which she means] that has second-class stamped all over it."
Hmm. I've remarked here before about the importance of editing in ebooks. But I'll add that I've read a lot of terrific ebooks, so I don't really agree with this statement. But that probably goes without saying:-).
Also, please notice that yours truly is mentioned in the section on "Addiction in Historicals." The hero in my first book The Light in the Darkness was an alcoholic.
Ellen -
ReplyDeleteWhat I meant - I guess it wasn't clear - was that, as I've observed, e-book authors currently have the sort of status in Romance as Romance authors have in the mainstream. It's changing all the time, but not all print authors accept e-book authors on an equal footing.
TTFN, LLB
Thanks for the clarification, Laurie. I think it depends on the person-- many New York authors treat ebook authors with respect, but some do seem to regard us as second-tier. But I have to agree that overall improvements in editing would benefit the ebook industry greatly:-).
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