New Lows In Book Promotion
Excerpts from a press release I got late last night, and the replies I emailed back:
The author is currently seeking sponsors and translators that will enable him to donate thousands of the little books to tsunami survivors.
Awww, the search for sponsors always puts a tear in my eye. (I think those Tsunami survivors are just dying to hear a story about waves personified.) Apparently, there's no limit to the ends people will go to to sell their wares. I think I need a shower.
Any editorial comment or mention that you may give this press release would be greatly appreciated.
Lucky for you, I'll just post the above on my blog as an example of the crassest attempt to sell stuff I've seen in a long time, and not the name of the author or the book.
Eeeeuw. Double eeeuw.
UPDATE: The author writes back:
Not having the wherewithal to fund the printing of 1000s of copies, I thought I would look for help to do this, but make no profit myself from royalties.If you would send me your snailmail address, I'd like to send you a copy of the (title ommitted by me) book so you could see for yourself what the tenor of this project is.
Best,
JB
No thanks. I'm trying to save water and I already need a shower. Something tells me the kids whose lives just got destroyed by a giant wave don't want to read about a wave personified. Hmm, imagine that.
Oh, and how wonderful that you'll make no profit from the royalties of these books. You couldn't possibly be looking for a little free international attention, now could you? Do you know how disgusting this is? Sigh. Apparently not.
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