Another visit to Eton beckons …
It looks like our visit to Eton College’s parents day may have paid off.
Admittedly, we did sell a few books - a record number of books, actually, in Legend Press history.
But now it looks like we’ve landed the big one.
I called up Idle Tom the Publisher, currently of Argentina, to tell him the news.
"Tom!" I said. "Great news!"
"Well it better be," he said. "These calls of yours are costing me an arm and a leg."
"I know very well this is costing you a fiver a minute, but listen to this! I’m going to back to Eton on October 1! I’m going to be talking to the literary society!"
"Umm. OK." I could hear the publisher’s cogs ticking. "Is that a big deal?"
"It’s a great deal! I’m going to be pitching The Well-Tempered Clavier in the actual school where the book is set!"
"Yeah. And? Am I missing something?"
"You certainly are, my little friend! At the end of the evening, they’ll have a few of my books on sale -"
"But last time we went, none of the Etonians ever had any money -"
"That’s the point! They don’t need any money! At the literary society, they can just sign a chit and get the thing put on the bill."
"Cooo," said Tom. [Haven’t heard that expression for a while. Slightly old-fashioned. Almost quaint.] "Cooo! So if they can put the books on a chit, maybe they might buy more than one?"
"Maybe they might like to buy a few for their friends!"