First-Time Author Article Is Suspect
I’ve just sent this email to Telegraph.co.uk:
I noted this article yesterday —
First time author, 93, saves friends from care homes with book advance
and posted about it in my blog —
First-Time Writer Winner (And Loser!)
A Commenter wondered how this was possible. Because, you see, AuthorHouse is a *self-publishing* company. Self-publishers do *not* offer book advances.
As far as my research tells me, there is only *one* AuthorHouse, and it is indeed self-publishing.
I would appreciate it if you could provide clarification of this article.
I should have known all of it was too damned good to be true.
I have a suspicion we’ve been had by some slick PR agency.
The last laugh is ours, however: We were unable to buy the book on an impulse!
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August 12, 2008 at 9:49 am
Ah, well, so we fall victim to the “Barnum Effect”…yup, if something seems too good to be true, send it to a tabloid…