Writer’s Rant
March 11, 2025
Why Haven’t You Purchased My Book?
By now, you must know that I wrote a book titled RUNNING SHOES. Soft cover copies are available on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites, and on Kindle in e-book format. But it appears that either you ARE unaware or you simply don’t care about my book. Not many of you have purchased a copy. It’s really not that expensive. But to be fair, there are copies available for free for some at their local library. But you know who you are and if you have sought out a copy at the library. If you have doubts about my relevance as an author, last July it was the “Staff Pick” at the Wake (capital) County Library here in Cary, NC. It took me by surprise and I was not aware until I was called by a friend who saw it on display. (I have friends who read! Yay!)
Granted, it was my first book and was rejected by a bunch of publishers before it actually got published. I probably shouldn’t have told you that; I’m obviously not good at marketing. But that’s no excuse for you not to run out and buy it, is it? Actually, you don’t have to run out anywhere. It’s available right here on your computer. Come on, do me a favor. Buy it, read it, and recommend it to your friends. Better yet, buy a copy (or more, depending on how many friends you have) FOR your friends! We are always looking for special gifts for friends and need assurance ahead of our purchase that they don’t already have this gift. Need I say more? I can almost guarantee you that they do not yet have this book! In fact, not many people at all have this book. Again, it’s title is RUNNING SHOES under the author name Clifford S James. (I picked that name during a bout of temporary dyslexia- which I know isn’t a real thing.)
As you are contemplating buying a copy of my book, check out my website. It has all my blogs (over a 100 of them I think) going back a year or so. The link is below.
I will be checking my “analytics” (my grandson Jack had to explain what “analytics” were) on my amazon and kindle author accounts to see how many of you are really my friends. Don’t worry, the account doesn’t identify buyers by name, but you can always find me on facebook and let me know you bought the book, read it, and loved it (even if you didn’t really love it).
By the way, I am more than half way finished writing my second novel. The tentative title is POTENTIAL and need I say, it really has potential! And I’ve already begun thinking about a sequel to my first book RUNNING SHOES, but what good is that if you haven’t read it? Or even bought it?
That’s my marketing pitch. Enough said.
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