For most authors, it would not even be an issue - whether to publish in paperback. Before I had said paperback, I remember telling my father that I wasn't going down that route, that there are enough trees destroyed every year just to make books. That the future was e-reading. Then I got asked 'When is the paperback coming out?' In fact, for most of my friends (my age), surprisingly the paperback, or physical book is the norm. So, yet another hypocritical u-turn (my life is littered, believe me), and here I am.
If you think 'Oh, she's making such a fuss about nothing', just note that approximately thirty million trees are cut down every year just to satisfy the U.S. book industry, let alone the global. Read HERE So I have done it. I don't feel as good about it as I should. Especially as my book isn't short (so more pages, more trees). But I can blame no one but myself. I have chosen to do it. I can only hope that it gets away with it in the name of art. That if there are any excuses for using paper these days, printing out agendas for meetings, printing out endless copies of reports etc... Perhaps one day books will be used in some clever way in recycling, like old car tyres in playgrounds, or bottles in clothing. Let's hope In the meantime, it was nice to meet Mike Ripley of Shots Magazine, a crime magazine he runs, back in the summer. Check him out HERE (he kindly gave me a mention too!)
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12/1/2016 08:11:20 pm
Hi! Thanks for following on Twitter! I've just bought your book - I love Cambridge and murder mysteries. I've actually written one myself, set on a yatchie in Greece (still editing...). Meanwhile, I write a blog about Greece. Pleased to meet you, Marina
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28/1/2016 07:21:06 am
I agree with your love and concern for trees. However, I'm afraid I do prefer reading paper books than e-books (I'm a literary translator and after an entire day staring at a screen, if there weren't any paper books I simply wouldn't read). I feel that there are many other ways we could cut down on wasting trees. First, by abolishing Christmas cards, and other greeting cards, which get thrown out after the event (better spare than have to recycle), and all the advertising blurb sent out by banks, supermarkets, councils, etc.
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