E-mail from Alex

Dear Rob
Re: your buy-my-book blog. As a friend I have to say that I think you are in real danger of losing all credibility and undermining your efforts to secure a book deal. Proper writers don’t resort to this sort of glib self-publicity and if the book is strong enough it will surely stand on its own merits without the need for all the hoo-har.
Thought you should be told.
Are you still coming on Saturday? Please bring something dry and white, preferably Italian, and not beer like last time.
Regards
Alex