The Internet is a wonderful thing. If you know how to use the medium to market a product, you can reach a wide audience at very little cost. That's exactly what I've been able to accomplish with my book 35 Miles From Shore. So when my distributor informed me a few weeks ago that the Kindle version … [Read more...] about My perspective on the IPG vs Amazon battle
35 Miles From Shore is featured on Amazon
Amazon recently tested a marketing program called 100 books for under $3.99. This is for Kindle books only. The test program went so well that they decided to make it a regular feature. Hey, everyone likes a good deal. So when my distributor asked me a few weeks ago if I wanted to participate I said … [Read more...] about 35 Miles From Shore is featured on Amazon
Borders: End of one era and the beginning of another
It's now been a little over three years since the release of my book 35 Miles From Shore. The picture on the left was taken at my very first book signing, which happened to be at a Borders store in Chicago. By now I had fully expected that the book would have made its way down the long tail of … [Read more...] about Borders: End of one era and the beginning of another
A review of Overboard
A review of Overboard by Micheal Touglas Rating ***** This is the story of two sailboats, a storm, and two men tossed overboard. The incident took place in May of 2005. The 45 foot sail boat Almeisan was sailing from Connecticut to Bermuda when it, like the other sail boat, got caught in a … [Read more...] about A review of Overboard
Unbroken campaign review
The Unbroken campaign was shut down as planned on January 22 after a two month run. It was a tough decision. I contemplated letting it run a while longer. I won't have final sales numbers for another few weeks, and even then I won't have sales figures for the exact period in which the campaign ran. … [Read more...] about Unbroken campaign review
Unbroken campaign all out blitz
As I approach the final three days of the Unbroken Adwords campaign, I made a number of changes that will hopefully drive more sales and give me one last opportunity to make it on to the Amazon book page for Unbroken. While there's little chance to make it on the regular book page, I might be able … [Read more...] about Unbroken campaign all out blitz