Archer King Sings A Ding A Ling Sales Pitch Poem by Terence George Craddock

Archer King in an unsolicited
attempt to promote sell services
approached with a ding a ling line
sales pitch pimp line stake out
pitching with his best bait line
''Why are they reading everything
else but not your book? ''
then pitched a hot on heels line

Archer King said ''What
are your thoughts on this?
I am sure you have questions -
I would love to answer them''
''When was the last time someone read
your book and wrote a review about it? ''

The reply Fri,24 Mar at 12: 31 am

Hi Archer,
an interesting line, but it rings hollow,
not a baited line truth I could shallow,
it has no truth, merely a generalization,
a sweeping statement, hyperbole inaccurate;
no one is reading everyone else,
the millions and millions of authors,
all authors who have ever written,
all writers going back to the dawn;

of time and writing, the first languages
written words, the numbers are staggering,
an unclimbable unreadable Mt Everest of books;
perhaps the best book contains an insight code,
codes are not supposed to be read by the many
only the few, but insights into humanity appeal;

entertainment with elements into human
reasons responses emotions motivations
fascinate a desire to understand why why why;
this is an age of literature as a commodity,
a unit price, perhaps some books are written
for an audience unborn but sales now dominate;

a footnote in time for tomorrow,
perhaps we might even be in the same book,
but not pages chapters apart separate;
perhaps for some writing is just playing
having script fun, not everyone needs
a spotlight fame red carpet a day in the sun;

Warmest Regards Terence

PS a data super seller sales post script
into a few of the worlds best authors
William Shakespeare 2 to 4 billion sold
rocked the world with plays poetry
Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet;
Agatha Christie rolls in 2 to 4 billion sold
a novel choice 66 detective novels 14
short story collections lures with whodunits;

Barbara Cartland 500 million to 1 billion sold
rules as queen of romance wrote 723 novels;
Danielle Steel 500 million to 800 million sold
general fiction romance 190 books 140 were novels;
Harold Robbins masters adventure 750 million sold;
Georges Simenon 500 million to 700 million sold
fictional detective 400 novels 21 memoirs short stories;

J.K. Rowling fantasy crime fiction 600 million sold
hits multiple home runs with her Harry Potter series;
Enid Blyton children's literature 600 million sold;
Sidney Sheldon suspense 370 million to 600 million sold;
Eiichiro Oda manga 516.6 million to 523.2 million sold;
like it or not this is the contemporary Top Ten authors
time will be telling changes in readership sales sold;


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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