Author Archives: Walt Shiel
Author Interview – Cliff Feightner
Today, I’d like to introduce you to Cliff Feightner who has written two books to date and is at work on two more. His Views from Sandhausen was an interesting project from a design standpoint, as it was based on a couple of years worth of emails Cliff and his wife Lynn sent home to document their overseas assignment to Sandhausen, Germany, along with quite a few photos of their experiences. Continue reading
Aurora Borealis Trance
This past Saturday night, we had a nice display of Northern Lights up here along the shores of Lake Superior. Not as dramatic as last October, but unexpected (no advance notices from Space Weather) and reasonably impressive. The sight got me thinking, and I recalled an unusual experience I had with the Aurora Borealis up in Alaska some 30 years ago. Continue reading
Filed under Michigan's UP, Rambling Ruminations
Author Interview – Oral McDanel
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a new writer who brings 96 years of life experience to her writing. Oral Husemoen McDanel, who has written two books over the last few years and is working on a third. I had the pleasure of designing the covers for those books, designing both as eBooks in Amazon Kindle and ePub formats; my wife created the artwork for her second book. Continue reading
University Grammar
We attended the annual Winter Carnival this past week at Michigan Tech University. Lots of great snow sculptures accompanied by the usual brisk winter air and stiff breeze. At about the halfway point of the walk across campus, we ducked into the Van Pelt Library to warm up and use the restrooms. In the library, we came across this cart with books for sale (a money-raising effort by the Friends of the Library) with its grammar-challenged wording. Continue reading
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One Micro-Publisher’s Book Sales Updated
Back in October, I posted some book sales results for our family-owned and operated micro-publishing company Jacobsville Books. Those posts analyzed our sales for the 1Q2010 through 3Q2011 results, with comparisons of print and eBook sales as well as eBook sales by distribution channel. I figured I should update those charts with the results from 4Q2011, so here they are for your consideration, possibly edification, and maybe even amusement. Continue reading
