Sales of The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan this month have been the best since the initial months when it became "live." Sales are up at ComiXpress and direct mail order. Sales at the L.A. Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention went well (left).This has gotten me thinking that perhaps it's time I also offer it as an "ebook," which seems to be a growing trend these days.
What's an ebook? Here's what Wikipedia says:
An electronic book (variously, e-book, ebook, digital book) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic version of a printed book," but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent. E-books are usually read on dedicated e-book readers. Personal computers and some mobile phones can also be used to read e-books.
Having the travel guide as an ebook would be convenient to travelers who may not want to carry around a paper copy while traveling, but could access it through an iPad or any other capable electronic device.
One problem is that the Japanese cellular phone system is different from the American system which makes American cell phones useless in Japan (unless things have changed since I last looked into it). This can be overcome if one uses a compatible WiFi device or rent a device in Japan that can access the Internet.
It is something for me to think about and to check around to see who best can provide this service.
Thoughts? Recommendations?
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