Daimunz R 4E4
Whoever would have thought things would get to this stage - where I am releasing a "greatest hits" of my own work?
On the one hand, I probably have just about enough poetry to justify such a release. On the other hand, the hand I use to throw a frisbee, I’m still virtually even a virtual unknown!
The original plan for this book was that there’d be an outer sleeve of a sort of diamond wrapping paper. This proved a bit fiddly, especially as eventually when the book was made, the pages were too thin, including the cover. So it’s just this fairly plain black and white thing, although the first 50 copies also had a sticker on telling you of the free pull-out poster, and the free bonus poem.
Officially, I’m losing money on the sale of each of these books, even without the fancy outer sleeve. This is because, along with the cost of the production of the book "proper", I also had to pay twenty whole quid to EMI records for permission to print some lyrics by the band The Music. Anyway, plus, I’ve sent out quite a few free copies, so really, unless I start selling tons more, I’m hardly even breaking even with this book.
Much as I’d like everyone to
have a free copy, I’m afraid capitalism dictates that everybody can’t have
one, so if you would like a copy, this one costs a mere three quid (postage
included) from Flat 2, 53 Richmond Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AQ (see the store
for more details).