AUTHOR’S NOTE: The excerpt is really two excerpts. The first is the very beginning of the book; the second is mid-way through the first chapter.

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This looks brilliant. I’ve been waiting for a book like this to come out. Mr. Olear has conveniently saved me the trouble of writing it myself! And it looks like he’s done a better job than I ever would.

I fervently hope this gets published…I can envision this in most of my friends’ Christmas stockings…

Sex sells and all but i’m a seller at 95%. If it’s that much of a sure thing why hasn’t it been snapped-up already????

Looks somewhat interesting, but publishers have been balking at this title for two years because of the difficulty marketing it. Ninety-six percent bets are reserved for sure things, and this one has a poor track record. The author seems to be trying to make a market by encouraging friends and family to bid the prices up to unrealistic levels. I suppose this could result in a self-fulfilling prophecy of a sale, but leveler heads should bring this down to the 50/50 proposition that it really is—decent writing, offbeat idea, but huge marketing risk for a publisher.

ONLY 98.3% Greg? Just push it to 100 already! (btw, what kind of absinthe is that?)

A very well written book. The idea and title seem risque enough to get some hype, clever and restrained enough not to put too many noses out of joint. Whilst many publishers might not be prepared to take the risk, it seems likely that at least one brave soul would.

Really? How big is the marketplace for this. Any of these traders look around America lately? And how much underground-swell will a publisher be willing to generate?