Attention all friends, fans and extended family of
author/racer BS Levy's
The Last Open Road novels
author/racer BS Levy's
The Last Open Road novels
Coming this summer!
The 5th (and possibly last?) novel in the series!
And YOU can be part of it!!!
SPONSORSHIP and ADVERTISING opportunities available NOW!
Along with perhaps THE GREATEST "BS" LEVY BOOK SCAM EVER!!!
SEE BELOW FOR WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT COSTS AND WHAT YOU GET:
This is our utterly shameless but somewhat celebrated (well, it won MONTEZUMA'S FERRARI a 2000 Benjamin Franklin "Book of the Year" award for marketing innovation) scheme to defray the exorbitant costs of pre-press work, printing, publishing and marketing by hawking $250 sponsorships to people who could just as easily go out and buy a regular copy for 35 bucks when the new book finally comes out....
Sounds like something for fools, dupes, suckers, marks and pigeons, doesn't it?
BUT WAIT!!! Your sponsorship package includes:
1. A copy of the exclusive, handsome, limited edition, leather-bound, cloisonne-emblem SPONSOR and ADVERTISER SPECIAL EDITION. These are VERY cool and collectibles and are NEVER offered up for over-the-counter retail sale (overages are occasionally donated to charity auctions, where a set went for over $2500.oo last year!).
2. A "beater" copy to actually read or use as a wheel chock (or read, then use as a wheel chock).
3. A commemorative, high quality, 100% pima cotton "200mph STEAMROLLER Official Sponsor Sucker" polo shirt. Again, these will definitely NOT be made available to anyone except our sponsors and advertisers (then again, who else would want to wear one?).
3. YOUR NAME or the name of a special friend, beloved family member, neighbor, relative, client, business associate, spouse, spousette, club, organization, favorite wrench or fellow racer printed for ALL ETERNITY (or at least until the earth crashes into the sun) on the permanent SPONSOR LIST in the always-hilarious, full-color sponsorship, spoof, satire and advertising section in the new book. Format for the new section hasn't been finalized yet, but it WILL be memorable! Funny, too....
So fluff up your own ego or give somebody else a truly unforgettable gift. Hell, it's only 250 bucks. You can't get a decent dinner for two with drinks for that in Manhattan or Beverly Hills!
SUCH A DEAL!!!!!
1. "BS" Levy's books have sold a total of over 80,000 copies over the years and have developed a loyal and enthusiastic following of educated, upper demographic, thought-leader automotive enthusiasts - the exact market YOU need to reach!
2. Unlike monthly and bi-monthly magazines that are glanced through a few times and then either put away on a shelf or tossed in the dustbin in 30 days, Burt's novels have LEGS! They need to be picked up many, many times just to get through them (he's a wordy s.o.b.) and are most often kept, read, re-read and then passed along to friends. The shelf life of an ad in Burt's books never ends!
3. Our so-called "advertising sections" are famous for their hilarious and surprising mix of real ads, period ads, fake ads, gag ads, spoofs, satire, rude lampoons and arresting graphics. This ensures that readers PAY ATTENTION to the content rather than merely shuffling through the clutter.
4. All advertisers receive copies of the exclusive, leather-bound and highly collectible SPONSOR/ADVERTISER SPECIAL EDITION mentioned above, "beater" copies to actually read and of course a "200mph Steamroller Sponsor Sucker" 100% pima cotton polo shirt.
5. Best of all, AD SPACE IN "BS" LEVY'S NEW BOOK IS PRICE-COMPETITIVE WITH A SINGLE INSERTION in a conventional, throw-away monthly magazine or bi-monthly periodical.
6. We can work with almost any format of finished artwork, and have truly wizard creative and graphic assistance available.
RATES (all ads are either B&W or full color at the same price):
Business Card @ $500
1/4 page @ $850
1/3 page @ $1150
1/2 page @ $1500
Full Page @ $2750
For more information, please contact Karen Miller or Burt hisself at (708) 383-7203 or e-mail thinkfast@mindspring.com
Sure you have. You've wondered what it must feel like to stroll down that red carpet like a movie star, rock god, sports legend or member of the glitterati, smiling and waving benignly to the crowd while paparazzi swarm, TV interviewers elbow each other out of the way to get close to you, flashbulbs pop and camera shutters click and clatter like a swarm of locusts....
Well, that's not bloody likely to happen. At least not unless you win the lottery, turn states evidence, kill someone important or get elected to public office in Illinois.
BUT WE CAN OFFER YOU SOMETHING NOT NEARLY AS GOOD!
We're going to hold an auction, see. Maybe even on e-bay (details are still being worked out, since we just dreamed this deal up last night) and the highest bidder will HAVE A CHARACTER NAMED AFTER THEM (or anybody else they'd care to choose) IN "BS" LEVY'S NEW BOOK, THE 200mph STEAMROLLER!!! And while this won't be one of the key, major-star characters in the book, he (or she) will appear several times, be featured prominently and may (on agreement with the author) have certain, non-actionable physical, psychological, background or personality traits requested by the winning bidder.
WHOA!!! IS THAT SHAMELESS OR WHAT???!!!
Contact us for more details once we figure them out....
Oh, and thanks for reading & recommending my books, too!
Burt
Burt Levy
