This summer, in celebration of my
10-year publishing anniversary, I have launched paperback editions of each of my
previously published digital eBook titles. eBooks were a
great way to begin 10 years ago but there are still many readers who enjoy
paperbacks. Along with the new editions, the seventh novel in my detective
series is now LIVE (The Family). The
original Keen Observation trilogy is
also now available in paperback as well as the original eBook format (see "Trilogy" link on the right). I am exploring audio
editions.
While preparing the books for paperbacks, I made a few edits and
revisions on each novel. The beauty of writing in a digital age is that we can
go back and easily update then put out new editions. I did not change content,
just tweaked here and there. For the trilogy I have been able to
keep all of the original art that my sister Mylette Welch created, though the new covers have been altered due to new digital publishing tech requirements.
Here’s the link to The Case Files of Ronald T. Barone: The Family. It’s my American version of Downton Abbey:
A word about
editing: Mary Pforsich and I have always
edited my work as a team. I revise and edit each novel multiple times both on
the computer and on paper and Mary takes a stab at them too. Even with all
that, little goofy things are missed. When I read my published novels (and I do
often to keep my mind in the characters) I sometimes find little typos and
shake my head. How could I have missed it? I have spent this summer correcting
those “typos” before launching the paperbacks and updated the digital eBooks as
well. I suspect a few things slipped by even then.
