Euterpe YA Event: Kaitlin Bevis Guest Posts

Hello to my lovely Listers! The Euterpe event is still rolling and this time we have a guest post! Kaitlin Bevis, author of Persephone is here to tell you all why she believes e-books are better than books in print.

Keep reading for her guest post... and a chance to win a copy of her YA novel.

Ebooks are Better by Kaitlin Bevis

I love ebooks. I’m not just saying that because my young adult novel, Persephone, is only available in that format. I love them. I know a lot of people who worry that the printed book is going away, and that they’ll miss feeling  their book, or smelling their book, or reading in the bathtub.

            You know how books feel? Heavy. Chronic readers, move from one house to another and see how much you love your printed copies. Heck, move your bookshelves from one room to another. I used to love the magic of the real printed page. Then I moved five times in one year. I’m over it now.

            Last time we moved, I took the leap and got the kindle app for my phone. First thing I did was download every classic piece of literature I had. These works are always either free or extremely cheap. This freed up an entire book shelf. I donated those books to the library and my husband thanked me profusely for sparing him an entire bookshelf of moving.  

           

            Then I went searching for bargains. For awhile, Kindle offered a lot of free popular books. Tons of the first books in series were free with the idea that if readers were hooked they’d buy the rest. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen these books (some examples of freebies, Kim Harrison’s Dead Witch Walking, and The Girl who Played with Fire) in the freebie list. So I imagine the sales data didn’t back up the theory. I’ve noticed a lot more “free for awhile on this website but it can’t be downloaded” type books. But for a while, that was a huge benefit to ebooks was that a big chunk of them were free or very very cheap.

            Then I went out on a limb and purchased each book that was under five dollars. Yeah, it was expensive, but my local library thanks me, and they pick up donated books. We’re down to two book shelves, one of which also holds dvd’s (you can bet I only buy the itunes version now) video games, and textbooks that aren’t available on ebooks.

            Buy ebooks. It saves so much room!

            As for reading a book in the bathtub, buy a clear waterproof makeup bag. Works for me.

            My absolute favorite thing about ebooks? They’re always with me. I always have my phone or ipad on hand. So now when I’m in the doctors office and it takes longer than I thought, I have an entire library to choose from.

            Sure, I always used to bring a book with me too, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve been fifteen minutes into a forty-five minute wait and finished my book! Oh the boredom! And it will never happen again because I can just download the next one from my archives.

            I also don’t have to find the time to go by a bookstore or be swept off track at said bookstore by all the pretty covers on the new releases shelf. I know what I want to buy, and I buy it. I can click on the best sellers list if I’m so inclined, but it’s possible to buy one product without being assaulted by another.

            So there you go. Ebooks are better than print. Save a tree, and your back, and your sanity next time you’re in the doctors office. Don’t believe me? Do an experiment. Buy a copy of Persephone and see how easy it is. It’s not available in print, so you won’t feel like you’re betraying your values. Or you can try to win a copy here :) The description and all of that good stuff is below!

            Enjoy.

  

 GIVEAWAY!

Thanks so much to Kaitlin for the guest post and giveaway!

One of you will win an e-copy of Persephone by Kaitlin Bevis! International, of course.
Winner picked at the end of this event, upon which time there are 72 hours to respond back.

How to enter? Simple! There's no rafflecopter this time. Just comment below.

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There are worse things than death, worse people too.

The "talk" was bad enough, but how many teens get told that they're a goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her mother has lost her mind. It isn't until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to abduct her that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues her, and in order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her as his bride. But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite her growing feelings for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the living realm. Persephone must find a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim her life.

Persephone on Amazon

Kaitlin Bevis spent her childhood curled up with a book, and a pen. If the ending didn't agree with her, she rewrote it. She's always wanted to be a writer, and spent high school and college learning everything she could so that one day she could achieve that goal. She graduated college with my BFA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, and is pursuing her masters at the University of Georgia.
Her young adult fiction novel "Persephone," will be released this summer. She also writes for Athens Parent Magazine, and truuconfessions.com.