Lori Foster has a feature on her message board where folks can write in and ask questions of Kate Duffy of Kensington Publishing.  Even better, Kate stops by and actually answers the questions.  Who knew.  Two recent inquiries related to Kensington and ebooks.  Ebook publishing is one of those subjects about which I have almost no clue so I look elsewhere for guidance.  For those thinking epublishing is a dead end or that ebooks are crap no one cares about, check out the message board.  Or, to save time, you can just read the questions and Kate’s answers here:

Question #1:  Have you ever bought on proposal from an epub before?  Is this something you would consider doing?

Kate’s answer:  I might have a concern about an epubbed author’s ability to write a 90,000 word story since some of the epubbed things are so short but if I like what I read of an author’s backlist then I often buy from proposal.

Some more info:  Jordan Summers and Jen Nicholas are just two examples of epubbed authors who were picked up by Kate.  I’m sure there are more but you get the idea.

Question #2:  I’ve heard Brava is launching a line of ebooks.  Is that correct? If so, will they be electronic copies of of print books already available, or will you be acquiring for new books to be published electronically first/exclusively?

Kate’s answer:  Kensington is launching a line of erotica (January, 2006) which will be paper and epubbed simultaneously if all goes as planned.

Some more info:  If you’re interested in this line get in contact with Hillary Sares or Audrey LaFehr (apparently Kate is swamped with Brava).  They are buying contemporaries and historicals, novellas and single titles. 

Good luck.

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