13. The rise of the E-book

It was in these first few California months that I split up from my wife and spent a year of communal living. I tried to blend in with my new friends and places, I dated and kept my mind on other things, like scuba diving, psychology lessons, more dating and buying houses more dating and getting into another marriage that lasted a mere two years. and more dating.

It was during this time that I met my long time girlfriend Jean. We are still together after nearly eighteen years and it was with her that Carl joined me here to guide me through my computer phase, Little knowing the challenge ahead on becoming computer literate!

Santa Barbara has been my home now for these many years, over which I’ve learned to blend in to the California lifestyle. Work  has continued to flood in, and I have completed hundreds of books, but unfortunately with the ebook market making it’s presence known and the decline of many bookstores and publishers I saw a lull in the flow of work, and for the first time I wondered whether it would ever pick up again. I lost my son to a large company, and he is now developing programs for the magazine industry in South Africa, he has two kids and he is doing well. I call him a lot about the computer!

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