Comment on What more need be said about it?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years agoHe used to advertise that ‘Hi Piers’ newsletter on TV commercials. How weird was that?
Comment on What more need be said about it?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years agoHe used to advertise that ‘Hi Piers’ newsletter on TV commercials. How weird was that?
Yosituna@lemmy.world 2 years ago
What the heck, really? I just remember him always mentioning it in his author’s notes at the end of his books (and for a while there I think there was also a 1-800-HI-PIERS phone number or something?). I remember as a kid wanting to subscribe to the newsletter, but I’m glad in retrospect I didn’t, yikes.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Really. It was bizarre to me as a non-fan that an author would go to that length. And yes, the 800-number was featured. I tried to find it on YouTube, but it appears to have gone down the memory hole. I think he only advertised on cable, but it still couldn’t have been cheap. Did that really translate into money for him?