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Sometimes you have but to ask...

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I've been a fan of Barry Eisler's John Rain novels, and I look forward to reading each one.  His latest, Requiem For An Assassin, promises to be just as good as prior ones.  I've had one or two email exchanges with him based on prior reviews, so I decided to ask if there was any way to get on the list for an advance reader copy of the book when it came out.  He asked for my address, and the whole thing sort of moved to the back of my mind.

Today, I get a package from FedEx.  Nothing special, as parcel delivery guys and I are on a first name basis with the number of books that come through my place.  But this one was special.  It's the actual hardbound copy that goes on sale in about a month.  Plus, the press kit is a black folder, marked "For Your Eyes Only", and the contents are patterned after a dossier on a spy.  Which, given the style of Eisler's books, makes perfect sense.  Bottom line, it looks really cool and shows a lot of creativity...

Which just goes to remind me...  Often, all you have to do is ask...

Posted by Tom Duff On 04/26/2007 | | Bookmark and Share

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Gravatar Image1 - cool - let me know how it reads.

Posted by skip At 04:09:14 On 27/04/2007 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - @2: No

(didn't say the answer would always be to your liking...)

Posted by Duffbert At 06:26:40 On 27/04/2007 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image3 - I do a lot of volunteer work for various non-profits in my "spare" time (ha ha). A couple of years ago, I undertook an auction with exactly the same concept - that I could run it successfully with only items that were donated by their sellers (versus the auctions that get their own people to sponsor an item by giving cash and then the organizers go buy the item). Y'know what? It's absolutely amazing what you get when you ask. I started off with the assumption that I'd probably be doing well to get 10% of what I asked for (making it very labor-intensive, but hey, what's volunteer work all about?), but ended up at somewhere between 40% and 50% for most categories (with the one notable exception being your typical mall-type retailers - I think we were probably about 5% positive response with them).

Posted by Jackie At 06:36:44 On 27/04/2007 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image4 - That is cool! And you make a very good point too.

So, Tom, can I have a 100 bucks?

Posted by Chris Blatnick At 05:38:00 On 27/04/2007 | - Website - |


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