When my Aunt Betty and I were just little girls, we often
vowed that someday we’d write a book together. It would be a story about our lives and the
lives of those we loved – of all the fun we had growing up in the coal camp where she
lived and in the small town where I lived with my parents beside the Kanawha
River.
It took a lifetime, but we finally did it!
The book is called Unseen
Angels. And it’s on sale at Amazon.com.
My Aunt Betty is not very well. She can’t eat and is
living on Protein drinks. She stays in bed most of the time. She’s been this
way for a few months and since I was worried that she may never see our book, I
rushed it up and published it via Kindle Direct Publishing, which is the
fastest way I know to get a book published.
But, guess what? It’s been on Amazon for almost a month
and Betty hasn’t even been on her computer to look at it. You see, Betty doesn’t
understand electronics very well. When she asked me if she’d be able to hold our
book in her hands and I said, “No,” her excitement for our lifelong dream just
flew right out the window!
She said, “I don’t have a Kindle.” I explained that it isn’t
necessary to have a Kindle. "Amazon makes it easy to read Kindle books on any
device with a free App. that you download here," I told her... http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sa_menu_karl/189-3902047-9204758?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771
But she wasn’t
moved – and still hasn’t looked at the book.
Ah, what a letdown!
I thought I was doing a good deed. Thought she’d be happy.
Now, it doesn’t matter much. As the old
song goes, The Thrill is Gone!
If you’d like to take a look at Unseen
Angels and read the sample pages, please do so.
Perhaps if her friends start showing an interest in the book, Betty will, too.
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