Well, here's an opportunity... a competition for independent publishers such as ourselves. All we'd have to do is send a copy of each book we're entering to an address in the USA. There are two which would qualify – Jane Tulloch's Our Best Attention, and Roland Tye's Weekender.
Just for a moment, forget that we have to send the books abroad – there are UK equivalents. Will winning the prize actually bring us any fame and fortune? Have you heard of these people? And we have to pay $95 per book to enter...
We're sure they're highly respectable – and we mean that – but these people are not in it as a charity, they're trying to turn a profit. And they'll have expenses of their own – judges' fees and so on. (There had better be, or else the books will simply will end up in the bin.)
In the meantime, sending $95 to an unknown operation just seems crazy to us. We think you'd actually be better off buying 95 lottery tickets.
Just for a moment, forget that we have to send the books abroad – there are UK equivalents. Will winning the prize actually bring us any fame and fortune? Have you heard of these people? And we have to pay $95 per book to enter...
We're sure they're highly respectable – and we mean that – but these people are not in it as a charity, they're trying to turn a profit. And they'll have expenses of their own – judges' fees and so on. (There had better be, or else the books will simply will end up in the bin.)
In the meantime, sending $95 to an unknown operation just seems crazy to us. We think you'd actually be better off buying 95 lottery tickets.
