Back from Columbus
and delivery of Showmen, Sell It Hot!, Greenbriar's first book. It sold a lot
better at Cinevent than I expected. People that took time to flip through it
generally bought a copy. That's tribute to fine design and layout work by
Robert and Mary Matzen of GoodKnight Publishing. As far as I'm concerned, they
are the masterminds behind this book. It's a heady experience to sign a title
page under your name as author for someone actually willing to pay for a thing you've
written. GoodKnight informs me that Showmen, Sell It Hot! is available NOWon
more or less exclusive basis to Greenbriar readersthrough their website, where
it sells for $32.95, plus $6.00 shipping, that well below a cover price of $44.95.
Wider distribution of the book will follow in the summer and Amazon will list
it sometime in August. What we have between now and then is
"pre-release" availability of the book, sort of like what Paramount and DeMille did
with The Ten Commandments, but on a slightly smaller scale. GoodKnight is
shipping copies today to those who pre-ordered back in April, each signed by the
author's gnarled hand (my arm afterward felt like the Great Sebastian's after
his trapeze fall). There are plenty more in stock and shipment will be
prompt, so be assured of quick turnaround should you purchase.
More pictures than there are stars in the heavens. Absolutely beautiful. GoodKnight Publishing definitely deserves a standing ovation. Looking forward to digging into the text this weekend.
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Received my copy in the mail yesterday.
Wow!
More pictures than there are stars in the heavens. Absolutely beautiful. GoodKnight Publishing definitely deserves a standing ovation. Looking forward to digging into the text this weekend.
Congrats, Mr. McElwee!
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