The Goat Strategy - How to Politely Reject Unsolicited Book Marketing Offers While Remaining a Gentleman (Mostly...)

There's that moment when an email lands in your inbox and the subject line alone tells you: someone is after your money, your time, and your patience. Most people would hit delete. Peter Radley, however, replied. To every single one.??This is how The Goat Strategy was born -- a satirical, literary, and at times brutally honest collection of exchanges from the shadowy world of book marketing. Unexpected punchlines, replies written in the styles of classic authors -- including Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Gabriel García Márquez, and Ernest Hemingway. And an author who dissects his own profession with surgical precision -- while making sure the goats get their share of the spotlight.??"If I'd known what would come out of that very first reply -- I'd have written it much sooner."?- Kate Marlowe, editor??This book is both humorous and revealing: a funhouse mirror for anyone who's ever believed the big promises, and a lifeline for those who still believe in literature.??---------??Peter Radley has spent more than thirty years in the world of words as a journalist, editor, and author. He has written thousands of articles, interviews, and reports, worked as a creative director, and published several books -- including Nothing Before Her, translated into multiple languages. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms -- from novels to letters to a single well-placed sentence -- The Goat Strategy is his most mischievous work yet, and a playful tribute to the literary voices that inspired him.