New Book by Ex-Broker Shows Savagery of Floor Trading in Chicago Pits

Bill Walker, author of the popular Skywalker hiking series, has completed a comprehensive novel on the Chicago commodities business. It is believed to be the only such work of fiction to incorporate extensive trading scenes. The book is titled Chicago Pits and follows the story of Chris Parker, a lanky Alabaman who arrives in Chicago hoping to pile up massive wealth, only to be met with fierce resistance from the powers-that-be. This includes...

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Free Amazon Kindle Upload of ‘The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago’ Monday and Tuesday

Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking books, is offering his popular European travel book, The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago, for free upload on Amazon Kindle Monday and Tuesday, August 11-12. Walker is also the author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, and Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal....

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Massive Reader Interest This Weekend in Skywalker Adventure Narratives

This weekend total of 1,145 Amazon Kindle readers took advantage of a special promotion and uploaded Bill Walker’s two most popular adventure narratives: Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. These two books have sold consistently well because they are aimed at the non-expert hiker and even the non-hiker. Walker, who is nearly 7-feet tall, had never even...

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Skywalker Runs Free Amazon Kindle Special on Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail Books

Bill Walker (‘Skywalker’) will hold a special promotion starting in just a couple hours for this entire weekend on his two most popular outdoor adventure narratives, Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail. They will be available for free upload on Amazon Kindle, Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9. These books are cutting-edge tales of his thru-hikes of...

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Free Amazon Kindle Upload of ‘Getting High–the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal’ by Skywalker

Skywalker’s new narrative, Getting High–the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal,  is available for free upload on Amazon Kindle through the weekend. This is a one-time offer; indeed early interest has been terrific. Hopefully, anyone with interest in the Himalayas will consider reading this adventure narrative. The Annapurna Circuit attracts trekkers from around the world, similar to the Camino de Santiago in...

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Paperback Sales of Hiking Books Increase (vis-a-vis) Kindle Sales as Hiking Season Approaches

“I can’t believe it,” I have often exclaimed to friends. I sell two or three times as many units on Kindle as I do paperbacks. For a technophobe like myself, that is amazing. But heck, the logic of e-books is overwhelming. The customer pays approximately 30% of the price, the author makes more, and so does poor Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Win-win-win. And the customer gets it right away. I have yet to see any statistics on an...

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