Sold four “Lollipop”s.
Three at the cafe (one on credit, payment a week overdue) and one at my web site. Swapped one for a promised CD and sent one to a cartoonist in Slovenia who’d sent me her most recent book.
Deliveries have occurred in Washington and Colorado but not, so far as I can tell, on the east coast. Reactions have been positive, but no one has reported reaching beyond Chapter 8. One fellow has asked to review it at a journal to which we both contribute, but, unfortunately, I know from having made a similar request the journal — commendably — does not allow one contributor to review another; and I have sent copies to a book review near Chicago and applied — you have to apply — to be reviewed by an outfit in the city itself.
In other news…
1.) Not directly on point, but I received an e-mail from a woman in New York who wanted to surprise her husband on their 20th wedding anniversary with a gift of some of my art work in the $300-$35oo price range, though she could “be flexible with the cost.”
I thanked her but said, regrettably, I had no artwork. I did have several books I would happily sell her for $300-$3500 and, if it would make them more appealing to her, offered to doodle alongside my signature on the title page.
She has not replied as yet.
So many Bob Levins on the Internet; I'm the Bob Levin who writes.