Lawrence Block is an internationally renowned bestselling author, has released two newest books simultaneously in hard cover and eBook editions. Besides he recently chose to publish ebook editions of selected titles from his extensive backlist. The writer well-known on the digital publishing market has told dbRreaders.com about his special attitude to e-reading and his vision of the e-books industry prospects.
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Lawrence Block is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America, best known for two long-running New York–set series, about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr.
dbR: Do you prefer to read paperbacks or e-books?
L.B.: I find eBooks a little more convenient, and like the fact that they don’t take up space.
dbR: When you read e-books do you prefer to use tablets, laptops or e-readers?
L.B.: I use a Kindle.
dbR: What form do you prefer to publish your books (paperback, hardcover, e-book)? Why?
L.B.: I publish in all forms. A great advantage of eBooks is they can be made available inexpensively and can stay available forever.
dbR: What is your current work?
L.B.: Just this year, I’ve had two new books released by mainstream publishers—A Drop of the Hard Stuff from Mulholland/Little Brown, and Getting Off from Hard Case Crime/Titan. But came out simultaneously in hard cover and eBook editions. Open Road published 45 backlist books of mine as eBooks, while also issuing three new books as eRiginal eBooks: The Liar’s Bible, The Liar’s Companion, and Afterthoughts. (These three are also available as Print-on-Demand paperbacks.) Finally, I have myself just last month self-published a new book, The Night & The Music, as both an eBook and a print-on-demand trade paperback.
That’s all in 2011.
dbR: What is your audience?
L.B.: A very broad range of people, young and old, male and female. The one common denominator I’ve been able to determine is that my readers are considerable brighter and better looking than average.
dbR: How do you think what are prospects of digital reading and publishing?
L.B.: In the USA, eBooks have already supplanted mass market paperbacks and are taking more and more of the market share. It seems clear that this will continue, and that the phenomenon will be global.
dbR: A few words about your plans for the future.
L.B.: Plans for the future? I’m too busy with the present.
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