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American Bushwhacker

An opinion from Teresa Clark

Dear P&E, an American airman who has been stationed in Afghanistan for over a year wrote me and said his Unit had only one copy of American Bushwhacker and everyone was patiently waiting, taking turns reading it. He said he had already read it and found it to be very entertaining and as soon as the Marine Unit stationed along side his unit, (that were promised the only copy of American Bushwhacker over there ) were done reading American Bushwhacker, he was going to read it again.

So tell me P&E what is your definition of a successful book? I received many rejections but PublishAmerica published my book. Oh, it has a few editing imperfections but my job as a writer is not to impress but to take a persons mind to another time, era and reality.

American soldiers in the Middle East that may never see the United States again, love my book. Now, that P&E is success! I know you will never show this letter to anyone, that would admitting you're not perfect and God forbid anyone figure that one out.

Thank you, Teresa Clark

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Bio: Teresa Clark is the author of American Bushwhacker: The Forgotten Civil War.

P&E does not define what constitutes a successful book because we recognize that determination lies fully within the domain of the book purchasing public. Attaining that is something that can be reached only by publishers who diligently market their products to retailers and other viable bookselling outlets, such as book clubs. Consequently, when there are not enough copies to satisfy the book reading public, the responsibility lies with the publisher. It surely isn't the fault of the author if there is a greater demand than available copies because that's a sure sign the author did his or her job right which, by the way, includes impressing readers enough that they recommend the author's book to others.