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A month of tragic anniversaries

Who doesn't love the month of May? Warm weather. Blossoming flowers. Golf. But May also has the distinction of being the month where a number of historical tragedies have occurred. I'll start with the ditching of ALM Flight 980. The plane shown in this post was involved in a tragic accident exactly … [Read more...] about A month of tragic anniversaries

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Review of the Rio/Paris Crash

Review of The Rio/Paris Crash: Air France Flight 447 by Roger Rapoport Rating *** 1/2 Roger Rapoprt does a good job of covering events leading up to the accident and the subsequent search for the missing aircraft, but the book suffers from being rushed to publication before the final accident … [Read more...] about Review of the Rio/Paris Crash

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Amazon and IPG agree to Terms

I am happy to announce that Amazon and IPG (Independent Publishers Group), the distributor for 35 Miles From Shore, have agreed on new terms for Kindle titles. I applaud IPG for standing firm and not accepting terms that would have greatly affected their ability to remain profitable. It's easy to … [Read more...] about Amazon and IPG agree to Terms

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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

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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