Operation Enduring Digitarti
Self-depreciation aside, this story sucks.
Would you go to jail to sell copies of your latest book? Well, would you?
Entry 1467
He wrote in first person. I wrote in third person. He even tried to write in second person but still Operation Enduring Digitarti had failed to live up to expectations.
He went online to his favorite online bookseller and decided he would seek out books on promoting your own books. After hours of searching through listings and seeking book reviews he decided upon a book that promised results using gorillas to market his book. He didn’t know where he might get any gorillas but figured the book would tell him how to get some.
He was disappointed when the book arrived and there was no mention of where he might find any gorillas but not to be deterred he set out to try some of the tricks mentioned in the gorilla book.
One such trick suggested he take one copy of his book and plant it among the books sold at his local airport gift shop. According to theory someone would buy the book and doing so would prompt the store to order an entire shipment of his books thinking they had just sold their last copy. What have I got to lose, he thought, it’s only one book out of…