I gave a copy of one of my 'out of print' books to a woman in the supermarket I use, and was surprised at the reaction. It made me realise what my books mean to people. They may not be Best Sellers but they are, generally, a walk through the woods, a stroll along the prom, or just coffee with a friend, just what people need these days. The trouble is, I withdrew several from print to clean up some small faults, like the woman in Welcome to Oakhaven who is waiting for a removal lorry, but doesn't use a cell phone to check up on it. That would be modern, but I had subconsciously set the story in the seventies and not made it clear. The people I sold the book to, were of my own generation, and thought nothing of it, but most people these days have never known a time when there was an operator to get your number on the GPO telephone, or the village phone was in a red booth, with button A, and button B to get your money back it the line was engaged. Its that sort of thing I need to clear up. Hopefully it won't take long, and I can help grannies cope a little better with lockdown.
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