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G. Hugh Bodell @ghugh ?

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Name	G. Hugh Bodell
Location	USA
Website	http://www.ghughbodell.com
About	I am principal of a consulting firm providing technology, process and security solutions to the international financial service industry leaders. I was engaged exclusively by the largest financial entity in the United Nations from 2001 to 2006. I am the author of the Treachery in Turtle Bay Collection, the Anna and Hugh Masterson Mystery Series, an international mystery collection focused on a Robin Hood like investigating couple, Hugh and Anna Masterson, corruption, greed, evil and the United Nations. The collection is laced with the use of technology in resolving wrongs involving large thefts and is always based on actual events fictionalized to the quirks of my imagination. Treachery In Turtle Bay, the first book in the series, starts with the control of the United Nations Secretary General and the embezzlement of almost 30 billion bucks from the United Nations Oil For Food program. Treachery In Turtle Bay II ~ Oil ~ Dollars ~ Diplomacy & The Sinister Three is the second novel in the series and deals with the oil industry, Iraq and the theft of $1 Billion/month in Iraqi Oil cash flow. The sleuthing couple have evolved from their first accidental venture of ‘recovery and retribution’ into a far more cynical duo who are perfecting not only the recovering of stolen loot but equally as intriguing the netting out of unique justice. At the opening of this number two in the series, they are very different people than the consultant and actress that opened book one. Book 3, Treachery In Turtle Bay III – Nukes ~ Dollars ~ Diplomacy & The Sinister One deals with Russian Nuclear Arms and the sale thereof to Iran for the purpose of power and revenge. This work is targeted for release in 2011. I live with my wife in the USA.

G. Hugh Bodell commented on the blog post Self-Publishing is Humanity’s Progress (and also the Apocalypse)

Fantastic post Eric and congratulations.
My second book Treachery In Turtle Bay II went live today on a few sites (Links at http://www.treacheryinturtlebay.com) via CreateSpace and thanks to that great Amazon entity will be available to libraries and book stores globally in a few weeks. (Book one already is there). Kindle is in processing [...]

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G. Hugh Bodell commented on the blog post Self-Publishing is Humanity’s Progress (and also the Apocalypse)

Fantastic, cogent, logical and truly enjoyable Henry.
As with the Music Industry, publishing (both legacy and interactive) will continue to produce material that is garbage but marketable and brilliant but without a paying audience.
For my two cents, I think the proportion in both product delivery venues will eventually look the same.

5 months, 1 week ago · View
G. Hugh Bodell posted on the forum topic Evaluating eBook Schemes in the group New Media Publishing:

I couldn't agree more. My experience (although far less in volume thanyours) has been the same. My second book will be released March 1 and I am making no efforts to distribute in any other e-book format but Kindle. My first book, Treachery In Turtle Bay has had constant sales via kindle [...]

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G. Hugh Bodell commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO

So Lee, what you are saying is that we, on this board, are an elite group of smart people that can tell an econmically bad deal from a good one (assuming the only reason for the self publishing is a business one) but the rest of the writing world is too dumb to see that [...]

5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
G. Hugh Bodell commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO

“DellArte, the partnership between Harlequin and Author House, is based on the same deceptive and predatory model.”
“…is the unethical and predatory conflict-of-interest that exists between their business entity that *pays* authors and the one that *charges* them”
My goodness Lee, Henry is right your words tend to be inflammatory.
I will add that they are also insulting [...]

5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
G. Hugh Bodell commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO

Thank you Mick Rooney!
You said it all, “They know what a good paid service is and isn’t. To suggest their endeavors are vanity is quite frankly puerile and offensive.”
It seems to me, a newcomer to the world of writing and publishing (2006), that those in the industry that publish other peoples work Random House, Simon [...]

5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
G. Hugh Bodell commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO

Interesting video and interesting discussion. After reading the posts and following the link to Shiloh Walker’s blog it appears to me that this issue has little to do with the merits of self or independent publishing and more to do with the self interest of a business selling snow balls in hell to dumb consumers…nothing [...]

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