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Coming to Duneland? Maybe – and Lots More on “Sabotage”

August 22nd, 2012 · No Comments

The response to my book Sabotage: A Chronicle of the Chesterton Crash continues to amaze me.  I just got contacted by someone from the Duneland Historical Society in Chesterton wondering if I would like to come and do a presentation about the crash sometime after the first of the year.  Of course, I said yes. [...]

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The Story Will Soon Be Told!

June 7th, 2012 · No Comments

October 1933: A plane carrying 7 passengers exploded over Chesterton, Indiana, in the first act of terrorism against a commercial airliner. June 2012: The story of what happened on that flight is finally told! At Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble and Smashwords

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New Offering Out Next Week – I Hope

May 3rd, 2012 · No Comments

And now I can announce that we are targeting next week (May 8) for the release of my new offering to you ebook fans.  I will have more details about it very soon, but here is the current draft of the cover. It’s called Flashpoint: A Collection of Curious Beginnings and Endings. It will be [...]

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Interesting News for Nook Owners

April 30th, 2012 · No Comments

There is little doubt that the battle among the ereaders has come down to two major players: the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook.  They both have ereaders and they both have tablets and they are fighting it out in the market.  I love them both, although I personally own a Kindle. Anyway, [...]

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NookBooks for 99 Cents and Some Kindle Books, as Well

April 6th, 2012 · No Comments

It’s Easter, plus, I was away from you Kindle folks for three months.  That’s a long time to be away, I admit.  So, I am doing something special. For you Nook people, who were patient with me while I did the whole Kindle Select experiment, I am making ALL of my novels available for 99 [...]

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Interesting Story about Why Borders Lost Out

July 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Fascinating analysis of why Borders is closing and Barnes & Noble is still hanging on from the folks at NPR. Click here to read the full story at NPR.com!

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A Special for You Nook People

April 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

There is just no doubting it.  The publishing world has been taken flat-footed.  I don’t know why the standard publishing world was not prepared for the coming of the e-readers, but they are struggling to catch up.  Guys like me, and guys much more successful than me, have been getting to audiences by publishing our [...]

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I read from my new novel MYTHOS

February 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Yes, Mythos is now available as an eBook for the Kindle and the Nook (Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble respectively).  Since I cannot do readings at bookstores, I thought I would try to do a virtual one.  So, I set up the laptop and the video and started reading.  It is now open for ridicule [...]

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Ebooks are coming, are you ready?

February 16th, 2011 · No Comments

I have been publishing books in eBook format for a while now.  As soon as I heard about the Amazon Kindle, I was all over it.  I started publishing my fiction in that format.  They sold pretty well.  Since then, the Kindles have come down in price, become more popular and more advanced and the [...]

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Shameless Plug

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Hey there, everyone. I just wanted to say Happy Holidays to all of you out there. I am particularly thankful for you who still read and still like to read and like to read books. You are becoming a rather rare breed out there, so I appreciated it. I also want to thank all of [...]

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