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A new book on UNC's 2009 national title

Moderator1 said:
I hope I'm alive to read the book on the Nats' first championship. Or have someone read it to me while I drool on myself in my old folks' home.

Congrats on your drive to be 247 years old.
 
I'm aflutter over the prospects of a book on the 2010 Tar Heels' inspirational run to the NIT championship game.
 
Versatile said:
Cover looks like a media guide, and I'm skeptical the book will read like anything but.

Dan just won an APSE first-place award for a feature on former Clemson basketball Terrell McIntyre (who's about 5-foot-9) finding his niche in Italy and winning league MVP honors over there. I seriously doubt he'd write a suck-up piece simply to appeal to Heels fans. Shilling isn't his style.
 
Jersey_Guy said:
Things I will never read again in my life: (1) Any book on a team's championship season; (2) Any biography of a famous athlete or manager.

I'm just not interested any more.

Yeah, that sounds about right.
 
I'm with ya here -- plugging a book is hard work (I've had three novels published). Any pub is good, especially if you are a non-celeb in this racket.

Have good sales, Dan! Work the circuit of North Carolina, every book store, every radio program you can find!
 
According to B&N, the publisher is iUniverse, which means it's a self-published book, right?

If so, I'm wondering (a) why an award-winning author went that route (b) who does the editing and (c) do you get any help with marketing the book or do you have to generate your own sales?
 
playthrough said:
Moderator1 said:
I hope I'm alive to read the book on the Nats' first championship. Or have someone read it to me while I drool on myself in my old folks' home.

Congrats on your drive to be 247 years old.

That's okay. The Nats will still win it before the Cubs do.
 

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