Re: consequences of shift to ebooks

--- In [email protected], "Brenna Lyons" wrote:
> >  of art created on spec,
> 
> I agree with the second sentence but not with the first.
> Not all books are created to "spec."

I didn't say they were.
Read that line again more closely.
It says "ON spec."
Definition: "Doing a job without any guarantee of being paid, in the
hope of winning future business."
www.investorwords.com/3426/on_spec.html

In other words, you write or otherwise create something, then look for
buyers.
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com
My Fictionwise Ratings: http://tinyurl.com/26v45



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