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Weather and E-books

    Hey, everyone. It's 35 degrees and snowing, here at the green retreat. I just came back from a walk in the woods. Our creek was overflowing its banks due to the heavy rain of the last 4 days. There was some sleet falling during my walk. Due to the temperature, the snow and sleet were melting, so the roads are fine.
    We have a wet-weather spring on the back of our place. In other words, it only flows when there has been a lot of rain. I was 'tickled' (Southern for happy) to see this spring was gurgling away, an abundant flow of clean, clear water. Funny how you don't appreciate water until you have to do without it. Then, all of a sudden, you understand that it is the source of life and truly a blessing from God.
     I was just looking around on the book stores. I'm talking about the on-line stores, like I-Books and Kindle. I am somewhat frustrated, as I've said before, with the high prices of e-books. They creep upward constantly. They are now up to an unbelievable $14.99 in many cases. I will not pay that anymore for a book which has used no paper, no ink, has not been shipped. I like the work of authors like John Locke. You can buy his books for 99 cents each and they are very good. You can buy the latest thriller from folks like James Lee Burke, whom I enjoy very much, for $10 or $12 or $14. Gee, is this a tough choice? All my own books are 99 cents. They are good reads, I feel. How long will it be before the book business changes completely to an app store type of economy where the norm for entertainment is 99 cents and the exalted prices go away forever? The truly large and exceptional games get away with $6.99 prices, sure, and we don't begrudge them that. The best authors should make $4, $5, $6 or $7 a book. But the greed of the publishers is about to bite them in the butt. The typical e-book is marked up to a price almost 100% out of reason. You will see an adjustment within 6 months, in my opinion. For a top notch e-book, from a famous author, the price should be no more than $6.99. Ever. That's the first day in the store. Whatever.
    Well, my rant is over and duty calls. I hope you have a pleasant day, in whatever far-flung place you reside. Thanks for reading the blog.
    I'm CE Wills.
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