The Love Book from your MP3 player to the Kindle

Amazon has rolled out a new e-book reader called the Kindle. In a few weeks, the device has managed to gather both supporters and detractors in significant numbers. But at least one of our Podiobooks.com authors is ready to support — if not embrace — the medium.

Ken Wohlrob’s new collection of short stories, The Love Book, which started out as a serialized audiobook here on Podiobooks.com, is now available as a trade paperback and a downloadable book for the Kindle. The collection contains five gritty, absurd, and darkly comic tales about characters who have reached a crossroad in their lives.





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4 Responses to “The Love Book from your MP3 player to the Kindle”

  1. Brad P. from NJ Says:
    December 3rd, 2007 at 8:23 am

    Awesome that you’ve gotten that link going on.

    I personally hate the Kindle with a passion likened to a forest fire in California during dry season. I do love a good eBook, though.

    Will we see a version for eReader?

  2. Dan Shaurette Says:
    December 3rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm

    Hey Evo, that is pretty cool. I jumped on the Kindle publishing bandwagon with my novel also. Now, I just need to sit down long enough to record the audio book. What’s it been, two years now? I’m a bad podcrastinator.

  3. John Stockmyer Says:
    December 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    Hey Guys:

    I’ll bet there are a lot of podiobooks authors that have their “books” in an electronic format already (Word, PDF, etc.) that would jump at the chances to give it away to anyone with a reader. Would you at podiobooks be interested in facilitating free downloads of e-books? It might also attract some e-book reader-types to podiobooks.com

  4. Ken Wohlrob Says:
    December 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm

    I actually did the Kindle version first because its a relatively simple conversion process. Also, say what you want about the Kindle and its usability, Amazon has made it very easy for authors to post their own work as Kindle files. eReader.com requires you to buy their software, completely recode the book for the Palm, and then still has no submission process/FAQ/form posted for independent authors. Sony’s eReader doesn’t even have an FAQ item for authors. And of course Apple completely bailed on making the iPhone or iPod e-book capable. Amazon, created a completely separate submission site, with easy to follow FAQs (with built in tracking/reporting), and very simple royalty calculation. Other than Lulu.com, I can’t think of another service that is giving authors who don’t publish for a major an easier way to distribute their content (present site and iTunes exluded).

    So as a far as e-books go, there is the Kindle version (link posted by Evo above) or the ever-perfect PDF download, courtesy of Lulu.com (which automatically formats it for the author): http://www.lulu.com/content/1109542

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