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The complete, fully-revised,
online edition of the 1987 Living Skill Books quality paperback.(07/05)
How this entrepreneurial
disaster came to be, and why I never had the heart to put it out of
my misery. (07/05)
A complete reprint
of a very successful book promotion for a very unsuccessful
book, online at last. (07/05)
Mp3s and scripts
for the 40-part promotional series of 60-second Ultimate Shopper
radio features. (07/05)
The 1993 book-on-disk
plaintext freeware release of the complete rewrite of The
Ultimate Shopper, 370kb ZIP
SuperThrift
in Palm .PDB format |
Not yet available
online; inquire for details.
A very limited
supply of the original trade paperback is still
available.
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The
Ultimate Shopper, published in 1987
under my own "Living Skill Books" imprint, was my first, and to
this date only, mass-market trade paperback. It began in 1985 as a privately-published,
by-mail-only set of booklets originally entitled SuperThrift, and
was wholly revised and rewritten in 1993 under the original SuperThrift
title..
What began
in late 1985 as a hastily-assembled handbook of elementary consumer technique
and handy-hints collection has evolved to become what I'm sure you'll agree
is the most unusual moneysaving guide you're ever likely to see...and very
likely the most entertaining, too.
Since its
1987 trade paperback edition, readers have remarked more often on how often
they doubled over in laughter or had to set the book on the night table
rather than awaken a partner with their chuckles and guffaw than on how
valuable the material ever was for the purpose it was created.
Don't take
my word for it...read it for yourself. I promise you this much: if you find
it funny, you'll also find it effective, because however common-sensical
you may find most of the material, I'll guarantee you that you're not using
half of it, and if a good laugh gets you comfy with a few new moneysaving
ideas, then the book has more than fulfilled its purpose...and I
would appreciate a tangible expression of thanks for that.
This book is
made available here in two forms. The menu at right offers the book itself
for download as plaintext files or as a Palm-compatible e-book, or as HTML
for online browsing. I've also made available the story behind the book
as part of my Entrepreneurial
Misadventures of a Schmuck section.
I've
also made available the complete 1993 release of The Ultimate Shopper
Press Kit for any self-publishing authors who may be interested, or
for those curious about just what's involved in publicizing a self-published
title. For an awful-selling book, it - and I - got one hell of a
lot of media attention, and this kit shows precisely how that was achieved.
While some of the techniques and approaches are admittedly dated, there's
still a lot in the kit that's as usable today as it was in 1987 when I got
coverage in more than 125 media markets in 120 days.
Now, if you'll
pardon me, I'd like to take this rudimentary step to warrant the mature
rating on this page and the contents of this subsection, and simultaneously
express the sentiment that most readily come to mind when reminiscing about
the performance of this title in the retail marketplace:
FUCK!
Thank you
for your patience. Please proceed now with your menu selection.
NOTE:
The downloadable e-text version is for a general reading audience.
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