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Audio and E-book Opportunties

I joined a Christian Writers' Group a few weeks ago,

and the email exchanges of those members is quite

exhilarating. Browsing and skimming them last night I

came to one where a writer who has vision trouble and

can't read regular print books challenged the others

to produce more e-books.

E-books are read on the computer, and the greatest

thing about them, as I've discovered myself, is that

one can enlarge the text so it is easier to read. For

those who find even that too difficult, it is possible

to get software in your computer which will read the

text to you. I'm not sure how digital it sounds, but

I believe in many places that software is free to any

who are legally defined as blind.

What shocked me about the exchange was that a number

of writers had admitted a bias against e-books when

this other member first asked who all offered their

books in this form. The mindset still seems to be, a

book is not really published until it comes out in

paperback or hardcover.

I confess I've learned too, that fiction doesn't sell

as an ebook yet, though all kinds of marketing manuals

and self-help books do.

Fortunately, when this writer explained herself, the

others rallied around with offers to help out. One

said she'd gladly offer her books to be read on tape

if anyone could be found to do it. Another urged that

we all consider producing our books in digital at the

same time as in print.

Thinking about all this today, I suddenly see wide

open doors of opportunity for ministry and perhaps a

business.

Here in Canada, I believe the Canadian National

Institute for the Blind (CNIB) is on the lookout for

volunteers to read books on tape. They have a lending

library by mail. The US has similar organizations.

All you would need is a good clear voice for reading

without stammering or hesitation, and with a lively,

instead of monotone voice. It wouldn't matter if you

sat in a wheelchair, or had no use of arms and legs.

The same reading could be put on tape or CD. Besides

the audio, the CD might have a graphics or flash

movie version as well.

If you know, or could learn some web design skills,

you could volunteer or make small paying arrangements

with various authors to turn their books into e-books.

If they have a website they might be happy to pay you

a small commission on each downloadable copy sold

alongside of their print book.

If they don't have a website - guess what - you have

the skill, so offer to build that author a simple one

or two page website to sell her books. All it needs

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to be is a terrific sales letter with ordering links

at the bottom. You'd think the writer could write up

that effective sales letter, right? You'd just copy

and paste it into the web page.

Should it happen that you have more advanced skills,

or they grow on you, why not set up a library, or

bookstore of ebooks? Market it specifically to those

who need the benefit of being able to read a book on

their computer.

Hey-hey, before too long even those with 20-20 vision

will come snooping around, praising the advantages of

digital books. You'll be a trend-setter.

The whole publishing world is like it's just had an

earthquake, and the after-shocks haven't all hit yet.

The dust hasn't settled on all the changes coming.

Be a Mover and a Shaker.

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