Door to door book seller?

[dullwitch]

A lady knocked on my door recently, to sell me a self published book that she'd written.

I needed something to read, so I bought one and have just finished reading it.

Did anyone else buy one? I am just interested in what you thought of it.

It's called Taffy How.

[Ultraconsultancy]

I've just left the book trade after twenty years of hard graft that have left me with virtually nothing.

God bless anyone who self-publishes, self-markets, and self-retails their literary scribbles.

And God bless you for buying one, witch.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Hear, hear. That other thread about a hand-held reader/download from Amazon thingy left me cold. Nothing beats cracking the spine on a new book.

[KalamityKel]

My mum purchased one some weeks ago and found it a brilliant read.

She had a good chat with the author before buying and the author even came back a few weeks later for feedback.

I've only glanced over it briefly so can't really comment at present...

[capt_birdseye]

I'm afraid to say I sent her packing.

[tomk]

I thought she was a Jehovas Witness so I sent her packing.

[*Bob*]

Did anybody else send her packing?

[Sue]

At least she wasn't selling tea towels.

I'm gobsmacked that someone is hawking a book (just one book!) from door to door.

Even more gobsmacked that people are buying it!

Good luck to her :))

[macroban]

Does anyone remember the First World War veteran who used to ply the streets and houses with his usherette-style tray of boot-laces, shoe polish, and brushes?

[karter]

Now that brings back memories macroban.....

[Sue]

That takes me back, when I was a kid (in Streatham) there was a guy who used to come to the house selling little tins of polish and stuff.

But then we also had paraffin deliveries (of both pink and blue paraffin :)), a baker with a wicker basket to carry bread and cakes from his van to the house, a milkman delivering proper sour-tasting yoghurt in glass pots, a vegetable man and - YES! - a rag and bone man ringing his bell, with a horse and cart.

My aunt used to rush out with a shovel to get the horse manure for her roses.

AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH :))

History, innit :))

[Libby]

I thought she was a Jehovas Witness too and politely refused.

[fish]

Good luck to her. I, too, purchased one of her books and admire her initiative.

[dullwitch]

KalamityKel

If you get a chance to read it, let me know what you think.

I have mixed views about it and am intrigued to hear others opinions.

[Ultraconsultancy]

...cracking a spine on a new book, PGC?

...wicked child!

UC

[Otto]

Hi

I bought one. I did not make it through the book as it was not my kind of read, but, I thought perhaps she would be good at writing for a teen audience as she had interesting character development...the writing needs a bit of help, but, she does certainly have something.

Anyway, good for self-initiative, and, she was a lovely woman.

xo, s

[12345]

Sent her packing unfortunately.

I wish I hadn't have thrown the boiling water though, as it seems she might've had a career ahead of her. Oh well!

[first mate]

Yes, I also said no and now feel really bad about it. Does anyone have contacts for her?