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What I'm Reading / Judgment, by Joseph Finder

« on: July 06, 2019, 01:57:19 pm »

Finder does i again, with more plot twists an turns than an octopus convention. The protagonist is a judge...I can't reveal more than that.

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What I'm Reading / Court of Lies

« on: June 30, 2019, 03:14:03 pm »

I have just finished Court of Lies, by Gerry Spence, and it is a winner. He has the courtroom procedures and dialogue down pat....as an attorney of his experience must.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: POLL: Favorite Mystery Category

« on: June 23, 2019, 03:02:54 pm »

Let's see which sub-genre of mystery is the most popular!

I like a touch of humor. Donald E. Westlake is/was a favorite. John Sandford puts some snappy dialogue in the mouths of Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 23, 2019, 02:57:26 pm »

It all boils down to money. It is cheaper to publish an ebook than it is to publish a paper book. Although aviation education is a niche market, I am happy to say that my print books far outsell their ebook equivalents.

It may be cheaper to publish as an ebook for the publisher but they are forgetting about those of us who won't do ebooks. At least if they offered a print on demand option, they'd only print books that were bought and paid for and not have to worry  about unsold copies. Otherwise, they are simply cutting off their nose to spite their face by refusing the option of getting my money.

My publisher (Aviation Supplies and Academics) plays both sides of the street, making my books available in both formats.

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What I'm Reading / What I'm reading

« on: June 23, 2019, 02:53:05 pm »

"Killer Thriller," by Lee Goldberg. Readers will find the President and Vice President of the US eerily familiar in this elbow-in-the-ribs story.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 21, 2019, 08:35:11 am »

It all boils down to money. It is cheaper to publish an ebook than it is to publish a paper book. Although aviation education is a niche market, I am happy to say that my print books far outsell their ebook equivalents.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 20, 2019, 01:41:32 pm »

My name is Bob Gardner, and I fit into the reader/subscriber category. I write textbooks for aspiring pilots, so no fiction involved. My list of favorite authors is long and varied; suffice it to say that when I log onto Stop, You're Killing Me, some names just jump off of the screen and onto my buy list. Marcia Muller/Bill Pronzini are favorites (she wrote me into Both Ends of the Night as an airport manager), as are Steve Hamilton, Dana Stabenow, Patricia Smiley, C. J. Box, Peter Robinson, Ian Rankin, and fellow Seattleite Mary Daheim.

I'm ready and willing to field questions about civil aviation...communications is my specialty: I wrote "Say Again, Please - A Guide to Radio Communications."