Way back in ye olde 2010, Jon Stewart (and staff) put together this book Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race. Purportedly something to help out visiting aliens. Granted, there are a few visitors no doubt needing the book right now, and a few people who think they are visitors. But the prime marketing opportunity won't really take place until 2020, when government goes global and the aliens are finally allowed to walk openly here, and can head on into Barnes & Noble if they like.
(Of course chances are they'll stick with a digital version, especially by then. Mayhaps they'll never know the sweet feel of paper in hand.)
In any case, I tried to reach Jon to let him know that he needed to be looking into Darwood & Smitty so he better understood what was coming and how he could sell more copies. I've even written a special companion book to his*, trying to make my point clear. But in the end, it appears he was in fact attempting to sell books to humans and used his national TV platform to do so. Ok ... I won't knock the guy. But I hope he's ready for a second printing in about 8 years.
(Of course chances are they'll stick with a digital version, especially by then. Mayhaps they'll never know the sweet feel of paper in hand.)
In any case, I tried to reach Jon to let him know that he needed to be looking into Darwood & Smitty so he better understood what was coming and how he could sell more copies. I've even written a special companion book to his*, trying to make my point clear. But in the end, it appears he was in fact attempting to sell books to humans and used his national TV platform to do so. Ok ... I won't knock the guy. But I hope he's ready for a second printing in about 8 years.
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Don't worry Stephen Colbert. You're next.
* By writing a companion, of course I only mean that I designed an alternate cover.
* By writing a companion, of course I only mean that I designed an alternate cover.
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