Yikes! I've been Kindled!
I was checking the listing for Accordion Dreams on Amazon a couple of days ago. I was shocked to discover a little notice that it's now available on Kindle.
I followed the link and, sure enough, there I was. Kindled.
My first reaction was to wonder how this happened. Then I figured it must have been the publisher's decision. It's probably a good thing. Right? I guess so. I don't own a Kindle and have no desire for one. So I'm not the best judge.
I was amused to discover that my Kindle sales rank is pretty good. Better than than my regular old book rankings. (Yes, I know you have to take all that with many grains of salt!) But there I was, at #6 in one of my little niche categories, folk and traditional music. Right behind three different biographies of Peter Seeger, a Woody Guthrie bio, some Paul Simon lyrics, and Donovan's autobiography. Just ahead of a book on yodeling. (I just checked today--the yodeler has now passed me by....)
Well, I am in good company for sure. But I haven't yet made up my mind about Kindle, or any other e-book reader. Or e-books in general. I know people who love them. But I'm an old-fashioned girl. A Luddite.
Old enough to actually remember Donovan, for heaven's sake!
It's hard for me to picture a bunch of old folkies hunkered down over their e-book readers. But I guess some do.
Maybe I better reconsider.
Here I am, Kindled:
http://www.amazon.com/Accordion-Dreams-Journey-Cajun-Creole/dp/B002BSI7D6
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HuntingtonSF says:
Kindled
I wonder if this term will enter the lexicon. Eventually, it could become a generic word like kleenex that means "having your book made available for download to any reading device."
Huntington Sharp, Red Room
Blair Kilpatrick says:
Someone else got kindled....last month!
You got me all excited for a minute, Huntington! (Got me kindled, as in heating up?) I thought maybe I was the first to use the term in this way.
But alas, someone beat me to it, last month.
When I googled "kindled" I found a couple of links to online dictionaries, with the conventional meaning.
Then I found a blog entry from someone else, addressing the same experience, discovering his new book was now on Kindle.
One big difference: this other author was delighted, rather than ambivalent. He said it felt more "permanent" than having one of those old print versions! Not exactly like my reaction...
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2009/01/ive_been_kindled.html
HuntingtonSF says:
Interesting!
Thanks for the research, Blair. Maybe you could coin a word for ambivalence felt by authors who have been "kindled."
Huntington Sharp, Red Room