Hey, HB, the day that Publish America offers me a 6 figure advance for my next trilogy, enough to beat out the one I got from HarperCollins, I'll go ahead and join you on your PA "pirate ship."
By now you surely know the truth, despite being a master at deluding yourself. The pirate ship PublishAmerica is leaking steadily, shot full of holes. Water is sloshing in her bilges, climbing towards her gunwales. She's headed for Davy Jones's locker, and I think you know it, HB.
So, Mr. Marcus, how much money have you made off your PA books? How many copies sold, total, to people other than yourself and your mom? If you're depending on PA money to provide you with ciggies, good. No one wants you to get lung cancer.
I'll happily compare sales figures with you, HB. You claim my career is over. Want to do some sales comparisons? I will bet you that my new book, due out in August, outsells ALL of your PA sales for ALL of your books in ONE MONTH.
Have you got the stones to take that bet, HB?
Yo ho ho!
-Ann C. Crispin
www.accrispin.com