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Continue Enjoying a Good
Read.
As mentioned on page one of Galley City,
new policy: read half—try-buy.
For The Price of a
Coffee: Buy the whole e-book (or p-book) safely and securely at
Amazon and keep reading without interruption. Find out how the story ends.
You can also try other great reads here at Galley City. Plenty to choose from,
over several genres, until you find the one you really love. Click on the buy link
below for a quick, safe trip to Amazon's website, where you can buy this
book.
Clocktower Books has been an Amazon affiliate for over twenty
years, so you're in good hands. Your purchase will help Clocktower Books and
the author stay in business to provide you with further great entertainment.
Thank you!
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The Bookstore Metaphor
New Ideas at Galley City—Same Great Site
Read Half—Try
Buy Hello, dear readers. I'm your author, Jean-Thomas Cullen
(John T. Cullen, John Argo) announcing a significant shift in reading policies at
Galley City.
Amazon Safe to Buy.
Clocktower Books has been an Amazon affiliate since the late 1990s. You can
safely buy any book or story from Amazon (e-book or p-book) without muss,
fuss, or worry.
What's New? Think about it. You walk into the bookstore
(free). You sit and read all day (free). You walk out with a book and don't pay
(really bad idea).
So we're shifting metaphors here, and it's entirely painless. You
walk into the bookstore (free). You sit and read all day (free). So far so
good…
The difference is: you read about half of a novel free, which is
plenty to either interest you or not. If you like what you're reading, and you
want to know how it ends ("try buy") you buy the whole book. The e-book costs
like a cup of coffee at the mall. The print book costs about like a sandwich and
a drink. Doesn't hurt a bit. The sandwich and coffee are gone in a few minutes,
but the book stays with you forever. We think it's a great deal for
everyone—including your struggling author, who needs to buy himself a
coffee and sandwich to stay alive so he can write the next exciting book to
deliver to your virtual doorway. And he needs to feed the help (kibble,
etc).
Economics 101. The Bookstore Metaphor is our
governing principle here at Galley City. Originally, the idea was that you walk in
(free). You sit all day and read (free). If you like something, you'll buy it. That
last part hasn't quite worked out so well, unlike at the brick & mortar
bookstores (which are struggling to say the least). This is the same struggle
most online content sites are having, including big media outlets like The
Guardian (UK) etc. So we're not alone, and you'll surely understand. We're not
asking for donations or free gifts—we ask that you buy whatever story you
may be enjoying, or try another story until you find what you like. It's all
painless and common sense.
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Feef and Fred Suggested the Change
They Want Their Kibble!
Galley City's Serious Back Room Help:
Fifi ('Feef' to her friends) on the left is our line editor…
…and trusty Paste-Pot Fred at right handles the really big
projects.
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Thank you for reading the first half (free, what I call the Bookstore Metaphor). If you love it, you can (easily and safely at Amazon) buy the whole e-book for the painless price of a cup of coffee—also known as Read-a-Latte (hours of reading enjoyment; the coffee is gone in minutes, but the book stays with you forever). You can also get those many hours of happy reading from the print edition for the price of a sandwich (no, I don't have a metaphor for that, like a 'sandwich metaphor?'). To help the author, please recommend this book your friends, and also post a favorable (five star!) review at Amazon, Good Reads, and similar online reader resources. Thank you (JTC).
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