Man, if you could HEAR my eye roll, it would be loud AF.

Tell me if this sounds familiar: you publish a book. It’s a book you’re proud of. Someone sends you an email, claiming to be part of a book club or at least from an organization that works with book clubs. They want to add your book to their book club because they believe their readers will enjoy it! But wait! There’s more! They turn around and offer a marketing package for a fee! Has this happened to you? It’s literally happened to me twice within less than thirty days.

Left Book Club in the UK contacted me last month with the above story, regarding my book Barrin Heights. Their emails started out with a friendly tone before switching to a sales pitch. Elizabeth Eve couldn’t even include the title of the “book” she was interested in featuring, and couldn’t be bothered to address the email to me: two were addressed to “Valentine” and one to “Marley”. Who are these people? Do I have an imaginary staff doing things on my behalf I don’t know about?

Left Book Club asked for a minimum of $370 (I assume that’s USD because they’re located in the UK). So, no to them. Elizabeth Eve can’t even get my name right, so that’s a no as well. I know, I know: “Scared money don’t make money”. But stupid money gets taken advantage of, and I’m not about to do that.

If you would actually alike to add a Woolaston Entertainment book to your book club, we can talk. But don’t come at me with a sales pitch for a marketing plan disguised as a sincere offer. I hope this isn’t happening to any of my fellow authors and writers out there, but I’m sure it is. I hope you’re able to see through the deception and avoid being taken advantage of. Have a good day, everyone.