Trying to think of new stuff to bring in contributions for the Brenda Novak charity auction, I'm considering:
"Your published book purchased by at least x of Evil Editor's minions! That's right, x of EE's minions have pledged to purchase (or pre-order if it's not out yet) your book! This could be the difference between just getting on the NY Times bestseller list and being number 1 on the list. Between being dropped by your publisher or contracted for another three books. Between writing and flipping burgers.
Obviously no one's gonna spend money to get three extra sales. I need to get enough pledges so that a few writers will think it's worth bidding on. If you'll pledge to buy a book, even if it might turn out to not be your cup of tea, email me. evledtr@gmail.com. I'll email you in June to let you know what book you're buying. Then you can decide to whom you're giving it as a birthday gift. If there are a lot of you, we might raise a decent sum and make some writer happy.
I could even add to the "prize" that we'll do an online discussion of the book.
5 comments:
Honestly it wd depend on whether the book was self-published. If it was, then probably not.
Sure, I'll buy a book unseen.
It can't be worse than some of the books I've bought on impulse.
You know what, this sounds hilarious. I'm in.
(Almost certainly wouldn't show up for a book discussion, though, for the record.)
I'm in.
Assuming it's a regular kind of book at a regular kind of cost, not a $30,000 hand-written first edition bound in unicorn hide.
Sure, I'm in.
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