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Cathy Macleod, 2 February 2009: DURING the Christmas and New Year buying period, ebook enthusiasts downloaded a serial hailed as “the best since Dickens”.

Run Maggie Run, a digital title, now wears its publisher’s audacious boast with optimism, because worldwide reception was impressive..

Featuring a compellingly original heroine, the serial coincided with rivalry between several electronic reading devices that were competing for a place in festive stockings. In this ongoing marketing skirmish, content is a vital ingredient, and Maggie’s spicy adventures are available in all, or most, of the appliances.

The serial joins bestselling novels that are now in digital format. It could eventually outsell them if a trend favouring short texts continues. The  Scots-Australian author, John Ivor, holds star rating for historical fiction from Darling" target="_blank">www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/PublisherDetails.asp?Language=EN&PublisherId=4479&Name=Darling+Newspaper+Press">Darling Newspaper Press    

Ivor’s digital serial, following successful hardbacks and paperbacks, blends thrills, humour and outrageous characters.

“That is why we liken it to Charles Dickens,” said publishing executive Charles Bryce in Perth, Australia. “It is also interesting to recall that the Victorian novelist used serial form to popularise his novels.

“We’re offering serial chapters because we have found that ebooks (electronic books) are particularly suited to short-span scrutiny, say text up to 6000 words. People are still coming to terms with reading on a screen even if it is hand-held. Our short-stories sell well in digital format, mostly mystery and romance. We offer lengthy ebook novels too, but these tend to lag compared to our traditional hardback and paperback sales.

“Thanks to the Internet, the essay has also made a comeback, although nowadays people call them blogs.”

Run" target="_blank">www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/PublisherDetails.asp?Language=EN&publisherId=4479&lang=all&orderBy=best&pageNumber=3">Run Maggie Run begins with a heroine aged 9 sentenced to hang for murder in the 1830s. Her odyssey to womanhood begins in Scotland and culminates in The Great Southland, as Australia was then known. In the waif Maggie, author John Ivor has created an intriguing original character. She is self-taught from books, and takes this incomplete wisdom into her decisions. To look at, she’s a mess, with dye-stained face and rodlike legs, yet her eyes hold the magic of youth.

The serial is one of the goodies nudging readers towards ebooks. These can be read on any computer screen, or on most hand-held designs. There are several appliances on sale, such as Iliad (British), Cybook (French), Sony (Japanese), Bebook (Dutch), and others. All have small individual differences.

At www.mobipocket.com a free digital reader is offered for easy download.  

Internet retailers heavily into ebooks, and simple to access and search, include Mobipocket, Cyber Read, Ebook Crescent, Books on Board, and many more that can be found via Google.

About the Author:

Cathy Macleod is an independent literary critic at www.booktaste.com

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