Browsing all posts in January, 2012.

Two More Reasons To Go Indie – Print Units Fell 9% in 2011

No additional commentary needed. These excerpts are from Publisher’s Weekly and show why legacy publishing is sinking. Print Units Fell 9% in 2011 “The final numbers from Nielsen BookScan are in for 2011 and they show that print sales through the outlets it tracks fell by just over 9% in the year. Total units sold […]

Why Would A NYTimes Bestselling Author Go Indie? (Losing A Million Dollars Is Just The Start)

People have asked me: why have I decided to go indie with Die By Wire. Why — when I have had books that made the NYTimes, USA Today and other bestseller lists the old, traditional, legacy way — did I decide to take this course? Well, to start with, I’ve already lost a million dollars with […]

How To Send A Kindle Book As A Gift

Sure, Christmas and Chanukah are behind us (or way, way, ahead) but here comes Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays etc. And because there were a record number of ereaders sold over the holidays, giving someone a Kindle book as a gift fits the bill … especially if you’ve waited until the night before […]

Ground The Airbus A380: Not sky-worthy, say engineers

This is not Die By Wire’s precise reason for calling fly-by-wire aircraft “death traps.” But it does emphasize that we should not be gullible when it comes to accepting the airline industry’s assurances Ground The Airbus A380: Not sky-worthy, say engineers “Australian aircraft engineers have called for Airbus A380 – the world’s biggest passenger aircraft […]

Burn a Quran and Die: Is Islam Evil?

A key theme in Die By Wire is the assertion of many that Islam is evil. Or does the evil done in the name of God/Allah simply arise from those who distort religion and abuse spirituality to justify their own political, cultural and dictatorial agendas? In all my other thrillers, my characters grapple with issues […]