Hello readers! Thank you for joining me today for Scott Nicholson’s tour stop at Darkeva’s Blog. I’m very excited to have Scott over here, and don’t forget to visit Christine’s blog, Reading on the Dark Side, on this upcoming Monday to read about my thoughts on The Red Church. And now, without further ado, here is the interview I conducted with Scott. Enjoy! 
Q: Tell us about what inspired you to create the 90 Days of Nightmares tour.
A: I was driving to work one day thinking about a one-day blitz for my next book, which I had been doing with a few other authors. It’s a lot of work and you don’t really get to meet a lot of people, and the effect is temporary. So I figured, “Why not one big push for all the books at the same time?” And the natural convergence of free Kindles, indie publishing, my books, and the emerging importance of book bloggers all synchronized organically. If you want more on how I put it all together, there’s a post at M.J. Rose’s Bull, Balls, & Hype blog.
Q: What made you turn to e-books to publish some of your well-known backlist titles, including The Red Church?
A: I got the rights to The Red Church back last year and though I have foreign deals for it in Poland and Spain, I explored ways to get it available for U.S. readers again. I looked at Lightning Source and some other printers and realized it would take a lot of cost and effort to go that route. I’d hardly been paying attention to digital books because I’d had some for sale five or so years back and they didn’t seem popular. But I read about the success of my friends J.A. Konrath, Karen McQuestion, and others, and it seemed so easy that I gave it a try. And it worked so well that I quickly decided to put up some original titles, because New York publishing is getting tougher and tougher by the day, and I write the type of books that probably aren’t going to be smash commercial successes. Now it seems like the best possible way to lay a foundation for a career, and I love the instant connection with readers. Mostly I am grateful for the chance to reach even one person, let alone thousands or millions.
Q: What are some of the challenges facing an author in terms of promotion these days, apart from the publisher’s small marketing and publicity budget?
A: I actually spend less money now than I did as a paperback writer, because I would drive all over the place for signings and never earn any money back. It’s fun but not an efficient way to build an audience. Now my readers are right there in the book with me and can click and send me an email while they are reading. So, the short answer is, now I get all the rewards of the same efforts I used to put in for the boss, who I no longer have to support.
Q: Do you think it’s easier or harder for authors to promote themselves today than it was fifteen or twenty years ago?
A: You really didn’t have to promote as much back then. That was just before I started my career, and about the time corporations were gobbling up all the publishers. And instantly sales became the prime drivers of purchasing decisions and book selection, with sales staffs driving the train and corporate shareholders the real bosses. At the same time, editors spent all their time fighting to defend their books and had less time to edit and build good books and solid writing careers.
Agents became more powerful because editors quit reading. Authors were forced to push their own books under threat of getting dumped. Go back and look at articles and blogs of the last decade. They are all about marketing your book. Writers no longer talk about writing great books, or committing to the craft, or pursuing a vision. They talk about trends, tweets, and percentages. Everything became numbers driven and not art driven.
Q: Do you find that social media tools like Goodreads and Shelfari help you communicate more or better with your readers? What about Twitter?
A: I ignored Twitter for a long time, even though I had an account, and then realized it was a fun way to merge with my community. I don’t just add everybody. I look for people I want to allow into my life. People who whine are “unfollowed,” as are agents who make fun of writers. I’m learning to balance my time on the boards and forums and to resist the temptation to just hype my work, but I believe in this blog tour, so I have the Pandora’s Box of free e-books giveaway through my Twitter account.
Q: Now tell us a little bit about what inspired Speed Dating with the Dead. You’ve mentioned that paranormal experiences are behind this book?
A: I’d conducted a ghost hunt at the Green Park Inn in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, and then decided to do a paranormal conference, figuring onsite ghost-hunting would be really cool. We had 100 people stirring up dust and spirits, and I even told the participants I was using them as fodder for a novel. Obviously, we didn’t arouse demons that I am aware of, but ghost hunting can also be boring if you do it right. You sit all night and gather hours and hours of evidence and go over it carefully for weeks in hopes of finding a few seconds of suggestive evidence. Not many people have the patience to do it right.
Q: You also re-enacted the Civil War for The Drummer Boy, right? How did that work? Did you hire your friends or actors? Where did you do it? Did you film any of it?
A: I wrote about a Civil War re-enactment group and they invited me into an event. I played a war reporter. It was a little dangerous and exciting. Even without real bullets, there are horses and a loosely scripted chaos that gives you a hint of how insane a real battle would be. There is no surviving documentation except an article I wrote about it.
Q: Fascinating stuff! Now, apparently, there is an actual haunted church that inspired “The Red Church,” right? I’m personally very interested in haunted churches and cathedrals–tell us a little bit more about your experiences in the church.
A: There’s a little church in a valley here that is the stuff of legends. I did a short video documentary on it 15 years ago and it stuck with me, so when the time came for a novel idea, that one just popped out—I just pictured a young version of myself walking by the haunted church at age 13. It pretty much grew from there.
Q: The story of The Skull Ring revolves around a woman, Julia, who, with her therapist, goes into the recesses of her mind to relive the night that her father disappeared, but some of the faces from the past return for Julia–in terrifying ways. What kind of research did you do to convey Julia’s madness?
A: False Recovered Memory Syndrome and Satanic Ritual Abuse are still in the psychologist’s diagnostic manual, and shrink fads come and go. But Satan doesn’t go away and doesn’t really change much. The book is more about the dangers of people in positions of trust and power than it is about how evil the Devil is. In fact, the Devil doesn’t really appear in the book besides some suggestion that bad people can be influenced by him or it or whatever that force is.
Q: To go back to author promotion, you have an excellent press kit page where you author high-res photos, a page about your appearances, sometimes a Q & A, and of course a press release. Did you write every one of them? Do you recommend that authors who don’t have access either to an in-house publicist or a freelance publicist write their own press materials and make them available for uncopyrighted dissemination as you do?
A: Well, in the late 1990s, I was very cutting edge, because being a reporter I discovered how difficult it was to find material on writers or musicians or artists. The ones with the best press kits got the best coverage. But I didn’t really evolve my site as I should, and now it’s not as important. Media is no longer fixed, it’s fluid. I am undergoing a re-design because I am beefing up my audio, art, and video offerings. I want my site to be a destination where people can hang out and play, because I have some ideas we can all share together.
Q: I’ve also read on your website in a post about the “new vanity publishing” as you refer to e-books, that you think that experienced writers who have been in the game for a long time are no longer right when they say “never self publish,” which is advice that gets hammered into the minds of every amateur. And with the recent news that Leisure Books, who publish the Dorchester horror imprint, announcing that they’re switching to an all-digital format due to a loss of profits, do you think that eventually all publishers will follow suit and that the printed book will disappear?
A: Paper books will still be around for hundreds of years, at least the ones with fewer bleaches and chemicals in the paper. But I think bookstores are going to start disappearing as fast as video stores did in the past five years. There’s only one way to stay in business and that is to give your customers what they want at a price they are willing to pay. For me as an author, trying to get my book on a store shelf in America is the clumsiest and inefficient way to sell a book and it also makes me the least money.
People who are going to complain about the loss of bookstores will probably include people who haven’t been to a store in two years, or who only go there to buy a cup of coffee and flip through the magazines. Independent stores are still willing to guide their customers, but many of the corporate stores I’ve been in recently have clerks who might as well be shoveling fried and hamburgers. Again, I think that corporate influence has reduced books to commodities and not loving products of art and craft. We’re not getting Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Shirley Jackson anymore, we’re getting Lindsay Lohan’s jailhouse memoirs.
But the digital era is a great democratic and even libertarian force. Anybody can slap up a book and find an audience. It might only be five people, or it might be enough to make it a job. It may change some lives, and a broad range of voices will arise. Language itself, and even the idea of “book” and “story” will change. I love it, but then I have nothing to fear and nothing lose. Publishers, agents, and bestselling writers, as well as the bookstores, are the ones who should worry. I’m in the newspaper business and I saw major job losses because of a “tradition” that denied the vast technological changes. The attitude was, “We’ll keep doing what we were doing.” Well, they forgot that their customers may not want that old way, and the lesson came at terrible price. Book publishers seem even more entrenched.
I don’t even care about the “publishing industry” anymore, because it’s not my industry. I don’t wish unemployment on anyone, but I am in the “Scott Nicholson industry” now. It’s just me and my readers. And now the readers are the boss, and that’s just fine with me.
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And there you have it, folks! Wasn’t that fascinating stuff?
To qualify for Scott’s giveaways, just comment on this blog post within a week, so until September 18. Also, if you like, you can add me, Darkeva, on Google Friend Connect and stay tuned to my blog for future interviews and reviews!
Here’s the full recap of information on Scott’s giveaways:
BLOG CONTEST RULES: The international contests are free, available anywhere, and are not prohibited by law. No purchase necessary. To be eligible for the Kindle DX, make a comment on this blog and other participating blogs, and leave a comment with your email address or Twitter account in the comments. Scott will return one week after each post and collect names–these people will be assigned a number and entered in the prize pool.
You can only enter once per blog, but the more blogs you stop at, the better your chances of winning. The winner of the Kindle DX will be randomly selected, by number, at the Watauga County (NC) Public Library in early December. The contacted winner will have one week to respond, or another winner will be selected.
BONUS KINDLE GIVEAWAY: If at any time during the tour, one of Scott’s books hits the Top 100 of the Amazon U.S. or U.K. Kindle Store, he will give away an additional Kindle 3! Promote the tour and double your odds.
WIN A KINDLE 3! Voluntarily opt in to Scott’s Inner Circle to get daily tour links and updates to increase your chances of winning the Kindle DX. Make sure the newsletter gets through your spam filter so you can stay current on the blog stops. At the end of the tour, a Kindle 3 will be given to one randomly selected newsletter subscriber. The winner will have one week to respond, or another winner will be selected.
WIN A BOX OF EBOOKS! Scott is also giving away e-books to give away to a random Twitter subscriber at the end of the tour. The Pandora’s Box will be filled throughout the tour. Follow Scott on Twitter, and one lucky follower will will be selected to win the entire Pandora’s Box in December. As well, keep following his Twitter feed for the announcement of future giveaways.
Good luck to everyone who enters!
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You know, I totally get the thing about ‘whiners’ on Twitter et al. The negativity can drive me crazy. Who needs that in their life, kwim? Rock on, Scott!
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Hi Inanna (great name, btw!)
Thanks for stopping by! 
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Great interview Scott. I really enjoyed the explanations and story behind your ideas. I’m looking forward to seeing how everything pans out.
Weston
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Thanks for offering The Red Church for 99 cents. I love my kindle!
I am excited in that the bonds of slavery have been loosed. The commercial/corporate animal had sucked the art out of a lot of things, it’s true. They must be concerned with pleasing investors and worry more about bottom line than freedom of ideas (and rightly so- on their part). What an opportunity you and your contemporaries have now if only more will grab it! I appreciate your efforts and applaud your calling. By the way, where were the above comments written to be posted after NOW? It is currently Sept. 11, 2010 and 1:28 P.M. EST! Is this taking place somewhere in Greenland?
Mr. Nicholson puts it wonderfully and it reminds me of what one my favorite cultural anthropologists, Lewis Hyde, said in his book ‘The Gift’about true art as a non-commodity, as a gift to mankind.
Being a little bit a Luddite myself, it is nevertheless very nice to see how modern technology can be used posivitely to achieve this goal and how it can enable young artists like novelists to distribute new and stimulating works to an interested audience without having to fall back upon the traditional publishing circuits, wich can sometimes mean a limit on the creative voice and artistic integrity of an artist.
In any case, I’m looking forward to read more from and about Mr.Nicholson, in electronic or other form,and many thanks to Darkeva for this very interesting and deep-going interview!
Greetings from Belgium-Europe….
Hi Scott, I’m about half-way through “As I Die Lying.” You call it the “Worst Novel Ever Written.” I assume that’s just an attention-getter, else one of us is crazy (and it’s not me). I think from all the novels I’ve read of yours, it’s one of your best (unless you screw it up in the second half), if not your best. Just to avoid any misunderstandings, I don’t mean to say that “the worst novel ever written” is your best book, but that all those who supposedly rejected it are a bunch of idiots. IT’S REALLY GREAT. Unless I have a totally messed up taste in literature, which is of course possible. I love those voices! Great stuff.
Cheers,
Christa
What a great interview Anita! Love all the paranormal “stuff”. Just purchased The Red Church and it’s next on my reading list. Looking forward to a long term relationship with Scott. . . no not in a gay way.
Randymir@gmail.com
Great interview!
I got carried away with one of Scott’s other books (see my post above), but I want to say something about The Red Church as well. It was the first Scott Nicholoson’s novel I ever read and it changed my up to then rather negative attitude to the label “horror.” In other words, it wasn’t Stephen King who “converted” me (no offense). The Red Church is still one of my favorites.
Christa
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Hey Darkeva and Scott,
That was a great interview. I particularly liked the question about the old press kit materials page.
Things have changed a lot, yet I think there is still a need for a page with images of the author, his books, descriptions of the books and perhaps some general information about the book that a book blogger could use as a hook — like the original places that inspired books like The Red Church, The Manor and others. I’ll be interested to see what Scott comes up with.
–Greg the Undead Rat
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Scott, you and I go way, way back—about 2 or three years (okay–so it only SEEMS like an eternity). I even have one of your teeth (REALLY!) that I treasure. Just so people understand—everything that I say, I say with…ahem…love…and not with malice. (And you can pay me later for saying that. It will be our secret…) But i really MUST address something you’ve said:
“Well, in the late 1990s, I was very cutting edge…”
Oh, Scott. It is sad, but true. You WERE (past tense) cutting edge way back then, but since then you’ve sadly lost your edge or–more likely–gone completely OVER the edge (pushed? A hearty thank you to whoever is responsible)! I think you lost it that night you were in the barn with the goats–making your moves–and was accidentally kicked in the head by a jealous heifer in heat in the next stall. You were found barely conscious in a manure pile. It took weeks for you to get your wits about you again (and we never quite got that smell from the dung pile washed off of you), but you were never quite right in the head afterwards. And then you decided to take up writing. Oh my…
Who knew that your profound and unnatural love of goats would lead you to where you are today? I gave some of your goat girlfriends some of your books to read–and they ate them up…LITERALLY! The next time you pass out in the poo pile, you’ll be laying in your own digested work. How appropriate!
CHEERS!
(PS By the way, Scott, as you know I take turns and rotate the authors I like. I believe the next one of yours up to be read IS “The Skull Ring”. Not that I’m slagging on my blog-reading duties, but I’ve been avoiding reading the bulk of the blogs that discuss this book–as I don’t want anything given away. After “Skull Ring” I believe that only leaves “Drummer Boy” left in my Scott Nicholson paper library to be read. I know you are all for Kindle and e-Books, but you’d better start killing some trees… Hee hee heee!)
This was an awesome interview – I really enjoyed the insight into the book biz. Thanks so much for sharing!
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I enjoyed the interview! I enjoyed the stories aout how your books came about.
kissinoak at verizon dot net
Great interview! I always enjoy learning about the things which serve as inspiration for various plots.
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Hey Scott,
One of the most exciting aspects of the ebook revolution that you mentioned is we readers and audience members might now actually read a book or eventually watch a movie that is NOT rote and formulaic. One of the many reasons I am driven to write is because of the countless times I picked up a bestseller and found it so PREDICTABLE, the characters appallingly stereotypical, and the writing so dumbed down that I might as well have injected novocaine into my brain. And the same goes for movies. I think that’s one reason people are terribly excited to find your thought-provoking books, Scott, because they are truly unique and not dumped out of that dull formulaic mold. I was discouraged once when a small press expressed an interest in my ms, and an author who printed with them said she was barely breaking even buying gas and paying conference fees to promote her book. I’m happy to see this day dawning. We might even break out of an idea-suppressed world into a new renaissance of free-flowing creativity. Thanks again for being a trailblazer.
I love that you are the ‘Scott Nicholson industry’ now. It must be so incredibly freeing and yet also difficult to get to that point!
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“But the digital era is a great democratic and even libertarian force.”
Yes, yes, yes. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The digital era gives us the freedom to express ourselves as we’d like to, to talk about unpopular topics, say things that aren’t politically correct, and let the chips fall where they may. As you say, Darkeva, maybe there will only be five readers for a particular book, but if the author is willing to put in the time to write for those five people, why should anyone have the power to stop him from connecting with his audience?
–Maria
I love Following your tour Scout.
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I read The Red Church with the Kindle app on a PC. It was well formatted. It was entertaining, by the way. Good job, Mr Nicholson.
Nice hat!
sailorwind@gmail.com
Another day, another blogstop!
Carol
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Greg, I will be highlighting each of my books at various stops on the tour and planning to do a few video blogs on the locations of at least three of the real sites that inspired the books–as well as show some footage of my beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Fall’s coming!
Christa, I revised As I Die Lying for 13 years so maybe it got better while it was racking up rejection slips. Now you can’t even find that many people to reject you–if they bother responding at all.
Sharon, Randy, others, thanks for buying The Red Church and moving it up the charts. It slipped a little but it “only” reached #233. My daughter said “Think of the person who’s last. Think about how they must feel.”
I do think this is a great time for information and ideas–not just e-books, but the Internet and technology in general. I hope it will inspire us as a race to our best potential and highest communication and understanding.
Scott
Great interview – always nice to see specialised genre writers who aren’t churning books out!
(Kindle winning is most definitely allowed by law here in the UK! winkwink)
I would LOVE a Kindle DX. Thanks for the opportunity to win one!
Scott- I don’t have a Kindle and downloaded the Kindle PC for Desktop this morning after reading about it in your email. Just started reading The Red Church.
Good interview touching on a lot of Scott’s highlights. I just bought The Red Church today for Kindle, even though I’ve already read it and don’t own a Kindle. I finally downloaded the Kindle for PC, and even though I’ve already read it, it has a special (nostalgic?) place in my heart, being the first “horror” book I read by a person not named King.
And Christa, enjoy As I Die Lying. I know I did, and so did the other two guests living in my own personal Bone House.
-Neal
Heya Scott,
I had no idea that the Red Church was based on a real church you knew of. It must have been creepy as heck. I’d have loved to have seen that place on a cool fall evening as the sun began to set.
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great post…still following your tour
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Great interview! I have been on the “list” and meaning to read each interview but got sidlined by a hospital trip. I really enjoy Scott’s “voice” in these interviews & via all his social media outlets, but honestly I started out with the intention of following along simply to enter the contest(s).
After reading the interviews, following Scott on Twitter & FB, and being oh-so-tempted to buy another “yummy” to feed my K2 (I mean, $0.99! What kind of bargin shopper would I be to pass that up?), I had to remind myself “this is not the kind of stuff you like, save the money for something you will actually read.”
However, I decided to at least actually read the reader reviews for Red Church. I’m so glad I did!
I think I may identify with this story having myself been the victim of abuse by a church. I can hardly believe that I’m not only going to start reading Red Church tomorrow (yep, in broad daylight, lol! Hurrying to finishing up 3 other books “in progress” tonight.), but looking forward to it! I’ll be sure to post my review on Amazon when I’m finished!
Who knows, I may be a Scott Nicholson fanatic in the making!
ok, i submit comments on my blog, twitter, facebook, librarything, and goodreads about books…love, liked, disliked. if there is only an ‘ebook’ available but i read it…i will talk about it. but i wonder …what about those people who i give hard copy to…like my mom (reader addict who hooked me up at an early age)… how will your ebooks be shared with them? (me, trouble maker?)
I think you are ahead of the game with your insight about self-publishing and e-books so that being said, I love the back story behind The Red Church. I think Appalachia is a fantastic setting for creepy stuff because as beautiful as it is, it truely is still full of dark hollows and has an old legends.
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Here I am again, stalking Scott
*waves*
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Great interview. I only found out about Scott’s books recently but I think they sound really good and am looking forward to checking them out.
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Scott,
I can understand the prediction that paper books will someday (possibly soon) be obsolete. I hope I miss it. Now we have more choices. Often an ebook costs more than the paper version after the initial appearance of the book. When paper books are gone, publishers can charge whatever they like because the loss of competition frees up price control of DRM.
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“…I am in the “Scott Nicholson industry” now. It’s just me and my readers. And now the readers are the boss, and that’s just fine with me.”
As it should be!
Here’s my entry for today:
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Thanks Scott!
Everyday I read “box of ebooks,” and I giggle.
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I’m sure I’ve said this before, but I really love the idea of this tour… It’s a wonderful way to allow your readers (and potential readers to connect.
I have to say, I’m a huge fan of independant digital publishing – and to find an author of such high caliber (not slush pile caliber that is so disappointing) who is also an advocate for self-publishing? Awesome! THIS is the reason for supporting independant authors. Keep cranking ‘em out…
I enjoyed the interview and look forward in reading your other posts.
I am loving the interviews Scott
~Chrizette
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Great interview i agree even the most obscure writers can find an audience now
Still here and still enjoying the tour!
Gail in Florida
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Scott, another great interview. Do you think we’ll see more ‘independent bookstores’ move online, into something like genre guides? I’d happily pay for recommendations and reviews from a group of very knowledgeable guides. I love crowd-sourcing, but especially with books and stories, I’d rather have some pinpoint advice.
Tom
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Cool interview
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Great interview. Thanks for sharing!
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Hey Scott,
A very informative interview. Each day that passes is better than the day before. I am glad to be apart of this tour.
Awesome interview! It’s really cool to learn so much about you! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Kelly
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Great interview. I hope the blog tour pays off in sales – it’s such a marathon!
It’s interesting that you are not publishing paper books. As a librarian, I’m not sure how I feel about that. It’s just that so many of our members don’t have the money for an ebook reader.
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Wow! Superb interview! You can reach me at luvpinkpanther@gmail.com
Count me in please!
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Actually participating in a Civil War reenactment–even as a war reporter rather than a rifle-toting soldier–sounds like a fun way to spend the day. Great way to conduct research too, by the sounds of it.
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With each stop on your tour, I feel a greater connection with your writing influences and process which will make reading your works all the more enjoyable.
Still following around…
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I think you’re right about bookstores disappearing, but maybe not in 5 years. So many readers out there still find books by browsing the shelves and just won’t use computers to shop. I wonder how many will make the transition when they’re forced to.
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I happened to be in a bookstore on Saturday, shopping for a few books to support their business. I was asked 3 or four times by store personnel if I needed assistance and did I find what I was lookin for.
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What a sensational contest. Since this is the first of what I hope will be numerous posts by me as I try and win a Kindle DX for my mum I won’t post a question yet. Need to think deep thoughts and try and come up with a ton of meaningful questions lol
This tour is so much fun! And that was a great interview!
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Scott, you said:
“I think that corporate influence has reduced books to commodities and not loving products of art and craft.”
I totally agree with you. It’s not only books that they have reduced to commodities. They have pretty much reduced everything to commodities! Sure, I’d hate to see unemployment upon anyone but perhaps that’d lead to something more positive: more local businesses where it’s much more personal and varied.
Great interview.
-Jesse
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I am so inspired by your creativity and innovation, Scott!
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Nickie, I am hoping to reach the UK audience in the early stages of Kindle adoption because I think readers there will like my books, maybe more than US readers. Just a hunch, no scientific evidence.
@Hodge, there are already ways to share ebooks, especially if they are DRM-free (all mine are except the Red Church because it was up before I figured out what that was). Sharing will be easier in the future.
@eryk I go into the church in detail on sept 17 and in October I hope to do a video tour of the actual church
@Brad, I predict the exact opposite–paper books are artificially holding up the price of ebooks and they will drop rapidly as publishers lose control of content. Never forget (though publishers would like you to) that authors own the content and when they have control, they are happy to lower prices to reach more readers.
@Stefanie there are bad authors getting published everywhere, but everyone deserves a voice and whatever audience they can get
@Tom well, I think book bloggers and others will take on that role–and it’s hard to see anyone doing a better job than Amazon of making book recommendations
Thanks for the great comments–and PLEASE leave your email address or some kind of contact info. If I can’t find you, i have to pick another winner. Good luck and I truly appreciate you guys turning this into a fun party.
Scott
This was an amazing interview and I can’t wait to read these books. My favorite part was how Scott claimed this to be his industry now and the readers were the bosses!
Just stopping by for this stop on your tour.
Did you have to dress appropriately for the Civil War re-enactment? Would you do it again?
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Great interview.
authorjcphelps(at)yahoo(dot)com
I’m digging all of the interviews/guest posts this author’s been doing the past week. Definitely want to check out his books now.
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Candy
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Fabulous interview with Scott! Loving this tour and learning more about him along the way! The picture here rocks Scott!
Pls enter my name for the drawing. Would love to win Scott’s book.
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Great interview! Love this blog tour!
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That was a a good read. Nice way to start off my morning. Thanks.
Scott, who edits your books now?
@DouglasCootey
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Thanks, Scott, for your insights into the emerging world of e-books and indie authors!
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Great interview!
Vicki
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@EvaSB,
I dressed in period clothes for the Civil War re-enactment as a reporter–wool, leather, no plastic. They are pretty picky about having authentic materials true to the time.
@Douglas, I use at least two proofreaders for every book. I never got conceptual editing in New York and after so many books I can better trust myself now. My older books I am revising are cut a good bit because I can see where things can be tightened. So it’s a constant learning process.
Scott Nicholson
Glad to see you embracing Twitter. I am always thrilled when I see an author I like tweeting!
The writing life is insane nowadays. I remember when I started there were two distinct worlds: offline and online. Thanks to new technologies, the “real” world and the virtual world are quickly merging. Most folks in the West spend most of their time online, whether directly on a computer or via iPad or cell phone. A few weeks back some friends and I went to a movie. When it was done, we couldn’t remember an actor’s age, so what did we do? Pulled out the ol’ cell phone and looked it up right there in the car. For some reading this, that’s “everday life and always has been.” For guys like me, this kind of technology is new.
I’m with Scott in that I don’t think paper books will ever go away, but I do think that a lot of reading will be done on e-devices as we continue forward in the 21st Century. I’m excited to see what indie authors and the small press in general will do to the industry as a whole. Who knows? Maybe we will get back to the day when it’s about the art and not just about the numbers? When I first started in this business, I genuinely thought publishing was about art. I was quickly proven wrong. Art’s only a part of it. So, to make that art a reality, I went indie, started my own company (Coscom Entertainment) and am now responsible for bringing not must my stuff to the world, but other folks’ stuff as well, unique books with unique voices all centered around genres I love (monsters and superheroes).
Good times.
Hi A.P., thanks for this very insightful comment! I’m very familiar with Coscom and I admire the work that you’ve done with your company
I’m loving the interviews Scott! Good questions DarkEva!
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Great interview. What a very busy couple months you are having.
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Great interview and greater giveaway!
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The more I read about Scott’s work, the more I want to read it! And I’m so excited to now be included as a blog on the tour! Even better than visiting all the blog posts is being involved first hand…yay!
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Hi Scott, I am still following you. lol I am like a little bull dog, got a hold on your pants leg and won’t let go until I win a Kindle to read your ebooks. lol
Thanks for this opportunity to enter.
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Thanks for commenting, everyone, I appreciate all the ideas! Entries are now capped at 89 for this site, but please keep visitng the Dark Eva and other stops on the tour. Thanks, Anita!
Scott
This tour is so informative! I love it
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