We are gradually increasing our ebook list. The trouble is, we have so many good titles on our backlist it has been a difficult choice trying to select which books to convert first.
After much debate, we have decided to convert our most popular general titles first. We already have Georgian & Regency Houses Explained, The Victorian House Explained, and The Edwardian House Explained available as ebooks (with thanks to everyone at BookMasters who gently led us by the hand through the process). And Weather Forecasting Made Simple, A Dictionary of Female Occupations, A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles & Occupations, The Mighty Eighth in World War Two, Casting Off the Corsets and Writing Up Your Family History (with the kind help of Andrews UK).
After much debate, we have decided to convert our most popular general titles first. We already have Georgian & Regency Houses Explained, The Victorian House Explained, and The Edwardian House Explained available as ebooks (with thanks to everyone at BookMasters who gently led us by the hand through the process). And Weather Forecasting Made Simple, A Dictionary of Female Occupations, A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles & Occupations, The Mighty Eighth in World War Two, Casting Off the Corsets and Writing Up Your Family History (with the kind help of Andrews UK).
Soon BookMasters will be finishing Arts & Crafts House Styles, Art Deco House Styles, British Architectural House Styles, British Interior House Styles and The English Country House Explained. Whilst Andrews UK are working on Old English Words and Terms for Local Historians, and Family History on the Net. So we shall have quite a wide selection available as ebooks in the very near future.
We are also planning on converting our Airfields in the Second World War series and our Lost Railways series into ebook format in the very near future.
I have to admit to having been a bit ‘sniffy’ about ebooks (‘they’ll never be the same as a real book! Who wants to read from a bit of plastic! It doesn’t feel the same! …’ etc. etc). But, having used the Kindle, I am now a convert. It’s so easy (possibly too easy?) to just download a book whenever you want. I’m not sure that I’d take it out and about with me (but then I don’t have to commute, or have a lot of travelling time to and from work). But when at home it really is my ‘gadget of choice’. I admit that I still can’t be doing with reading books on my phone though (I’m probably too old and myopic!) but I’m completely converted to the idea of books in electronic form. I love them!
Links to ebooks:
Georgian & Regency Houses Explained by Trevor Yorke
The Victorian House Explained by Trevor Yorke
The Edwardian House Explained by Trevor Yorke
Weather Forecasting Made Simple by Stan Yorke
A Dictionary of Female Occupations by Margaret Ward
A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations by Colin Waters
The Mighty Eighth in World War Two
Casting Off the Corsets by Dulcie Lewis
Writing Up Your Family History by John Titford
