For the low , low-toned price of $ 294,038 , you could say James Patterson ’s next novel , Private Vegas , in an undisclosed location in the front of a SWAT team . Because 24 hours after you set out study this copy , it will break loose , Mission Impossible style .
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Patterson ’s basically chalking this stunt up to the desperate need of bookseller to vie in declining market . He toldThe Telegraph :
The publication business demand to compete . It take to compete with movies and the net .
… Twenty four hours after you start it , the al-Qur’an will no longer be there . I hope this spurs more ways to get attention .
What way withdraw more attention than an explosion ? Or are we about to see a glut of self - destructing Book ?
Lest you worry that almost $ 300,000 is a pile to expend to take a book and then view it explode , the favorable vendee will also get a first - class flight to the undisclosed location , two Night ’ in a luxury hotel ( only one of which you ’ll expend , if you ’re a irksome reader ) , 14 - karat gold - plat opera glasses , a five - course of action dinner with Patterson , and the SWAT team that will be on hand to deal with the explosives . Well , now you ca n’t afford not to do it !
Another 1,000 lover will get codes to read afree digital copy of Private Vegas that will delete itselfafter 24 hours . All the stress of watching a countdown , none of the fun explodey bits .
allow ’s be clear : This is ludicrous . It ’s an explode book . The bounteous lover is going to have to read it again , because the tension / oddness of the situation does not lend itself to remembering plot .
Susan Holden , care director of the promotion at an advertising bureau toldThe New York Timesthat Patterson thinks a friend of his might spend the dough to watch his book ego - destruct :
He said to me that he would n’t be surprised if one in his circle of friends might be interested . He ’s a super down - to - land guy cable , but he runs with a billion - clam crew , so for some person that ’s a huge Patterson sports fan , this could be chump change and could be comical .
“ Could be laughable ? ” It ’s already hilarious .
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