I got this book club scam email. It’s quite polished, except that the book in question is only nine pages long, so I hope the 1,320 entrepreneurs in Colorado aren’t too disappointed when they settle down to read it. Mind you, being fictitious should cushion the blow a bit.
Matthew Steggle
Bad news! Some more marking has come in. Good news! There’s quite a generous deadline.
I have a note out! It offers some new life-records of this unlovely man.
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(But then the article itself is about a completely bogus Shakespeare inscription, so maybe the non-existent business professionals would feel that did speak to their anxieties. I love that phrase about “meaningful authors”, too. It just feels so sad.)
