Harley L.
Sachs
2545 SW
Terwilliger Blvd. Apt. 328
Dear
Solicitor,
Your invitation and information have arrived here
and been given careful, thoughtful consideration. As you are no doubt aware,
nowadays we get a great number of offers and requests. What we have to do is
put them in perspective in consideration of our own financial limitations. What we are prepared to do is make a counter
offer.
I am Harley Sachs, a professionally published
author for more than fifty-five years. I retired from teaching in1986 and in
the years since have published more than thirty books ranging from memoirs and
short stories, to serious novels and mystery “entertainments.” In that long
career I have never begged for donations or applied for grants. I am not now
asking for money from you, either.
It is important to support the arts, not only the
visual arts, but the art of the written word, for little has more staying power
over the centuries than the book. However, being an author is a tough business.
Thanks to the digitizing of entire libraries, an American author today is in
direct competition with every other author who ever lived whose works are
published in English.
The only way you can significantly support this
author is to buy a book. I do not personally sell books. I do not have the
capital or the space for an inventory of printed copies. I depend on my
vendors, such as Amazon.com, B&N, and lulu.com for actual sales.
If you’d like to have the personal satisfaction of
having supported an elderly American author in poor health, this is your
opportunity. Take a careful look at the enclosed list. Visit one of the vendors
and read a free sample. I know you will find a title you will enjoy. The price
is right. Some are priced under $3.00! How can you go wrong?
Harley L.
Sachs
