"From Norwich, it's the Quiz of the week, the Sale of the Century......"And so began the introduction to the popular game show from the seventies starring Nicholas Parsons.
If you're old enough to remember the show (sadly I'm not as I was only born in 1985), you'll recall that contestants answered general knowledge questions for a pound or two per correct answer and could then "buy" prizes such as a patio set for £15 etc.
Such fantastic bargains are to be had today if you look in the right places and I'm happy to report that I have found such a deal for those of you with a hankering to flick through a fictional account of a heart wrenching story of abandoned babies, kiddie fiddling and mental breakdowns followed by a happy ending in a shared bedist in Olde London Towne.
I am referring of course to the forthcoming blockbuster co-written by the nations favourite ex-homeless person now living in rented accommodation, Wanderingscribe.
On January 22nd, I mentioned that the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of the book was already being discounted from £12.99 to £8.57 and asked everyone to keep 'em peeled (gawd bless ya Shaw Taylor!) in case they found even cheaper copies for sale.
My thanks to several eagle eyed readers of this humble blog who took the time to email me with the news that you can now pay even less than Amazon's price if you "let your fingers do the walking" over to Brown Books where you can grab yourself a copy for £8.44.
Not too much cheaper than Amazon I must admit but if you are living on the streets and have been saving up for a year now to afford this seasons must have to display on your cardboard coffee table then every penny helps.
I'm sure the publicity machine must be gearing up now as there's only 5 weeks to go till Launch Day.
I myself awaken each day, wide eyed with anticipation as we draw closer to the momentous occasion.
To calm my nerves I have been reading up on the chances of success with publishing a book and the results are far from optimistic.
- There are over 4,000 books published worldwide every day.
- 70% of books never recover the advance paid for them.
- Harper-Collins lost more than £125million in a single year just on returns (Books that did not sell and were returned to the publisher).
- Up to 40% of all books manufactured never sell.
I feel a bit calmer after all that research ........
