Book Formats

Over the summer, when I got the rights back to all the books I’d published with a small press, I hurried to get the ebook versions back up online but when it came to paperbacks, I hesitated.

I don’t really sell a ton of paperbacks. (Honestly, you could replace the words “a ton of” with “any” and it would be close enough to true to count.) Mostly, it seems like I order them to give away for various reasons. And yet, here and there, I have people ask me about paperbacks, saying they only read “real books.”

I’m not going to get into the “what is real” argument with books, beyond saying that calling anything “real” with the unspoken suggestion that anything that doesn’t meet those exact criteria isn’t real is…just a bad idea. Why? Because as an adoptive parent, I get asked about “real” parents entirely too often. I am not imaginary. I’m a parent. I am, therefore, a real parent. And that was a big rabbit trail away from my point. Sorry. 🙂

Point being, I get that there are paperback lovers out there. I used to be one. A seriously avid one. And I was skeptical about the whole ebook thing until I jumped in with both feet. Yes, I still read (and love) paper books. But I’m much pickier about them these days, because I do have limited shelf space, but my Kindle is basically unlimited.

And so, yesterday, I went through and uploaded the paperback versions of Faith Departed, Hope Deferred, and Love Defined, as well as Serenity to Accept. Which makes all of my books available as paperbacks once again.

So for those of you who love physical books, I hope that’s a bright spot in your day.