A Drifter's Legacy: Short Stories from the Highlands and Lowlands [Paperback]

Eddie Bruce (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 23, 2003

Short stories from the Highlands and Lowlands. Gulf —Two families come together via a message in a bottle. Orra Loon—An orphan tries to shake off an image. Bonny in Black—Looking for an answer in the bottom of a glass and finding the wrong one. Tarradale’s Option—A clash of personality and culture between Old and New worlds. Insulated Conductor—A Jack-the-lad gets his comeuppance on the Buses. Potholes and Speed—The adventures of a removals man and his dim sidekick. Dodgy Night Out—More ducking and diving, trucking and skiving. Friendly Fire— Loose morals and skulduggery on a holiday island. Fixer—Solving London’s parking problems the hard way. Receiver—A con artist’s wife remembers the bad old days. Bookie’s Runner—Life and hard times of a born loser. Jerusalem—Battling the bottle. My Brother’s Keeper—The final choice between life and death.

Product Details

• Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (June 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592869033
• ISBN-13: 978-1592869039
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,303,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PA turned this Drifter into a bum, March 17, 2005

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David L. Kuzminski - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Drifter's Legacy: Short Stories from the Highlands and Lowlands (Paperback)

It's sad when an author's hard work is trashed by the publisher he trusted to put out a quality product into as many brick and mortar stores as possible. Quite simply put, a couple of online stores doesn't match up with what all the physical stores can do.

Eddie Bruce has asked that reviewers let the public know that he doesn't want them to buy his book since the majority of the profits would benefit a publisher that isn't worthy. As the editor at Preditors & Editors (tm), I have to agree with Mr. Bruce. Please don't buy this book now. Wait until Eddie Bruce's rights are returned by PublishAmerica and it's properly published with a reputable publisher.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful book. I'm sad for Mr. Bruce though..., March 17, 2005

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Mem - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Drifter's Legacy: Short Stories from the Highlands and Lowlands (Paperback)

This is such a neat book! It is so sad that it will never get the recognition that it deserves because it is published with a publishing company that deceives it's authors and makes no attempt to promote it. Publishamerica relies on the family and friends of the author to buy the books and the author has to do ALL his own promotions. This should be in lots of well-known bookstores and instead it will sit on the shelves of publishamerica for seven years.

Just ONE example of why "A Drifters Legacy" will never be on the shelves of B&N. How sad for Mr. Bruce that he was taken in by a company like publishamerica.

PUBLISHAMERICA CONTRADICTS BARNES & NOBLE

Originally Posted by Infocenter:

A Vice President at Barnes and Noble wrote us a letter, saying, "We very much believe in print-on-demand (POD) technology as a cost-effective tool available for publishers to extend the range of their title offerings to Barnes & Noble... We believe that POD represents an opportunity to increase the range of titles we offer... We will continue to stock every title that you publish, which enables us to rapidly replenish our stores..."

A letter sent to Memory McDermott from B&N concerning placement of publishamerica books in their store and reasons for not allowing authors of publishamerica to do book signings:

Dear Memory McDermott,

Your letter to Mary Ellen Keating was forwarded to me for a response as my department manages the business relationships Barnes & Noble has with new start up publishers, and self-published authors, like yourself.

All the titles PublishAmerica produces are available to Barnes & Noble customers either through orders in the stores, or online via Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com). The books are printed (on demand) when they are ordered, and shipped to the customer's home or back to the store for customer pick up. The terms for Publish America titles are not competitive in the trade bookstore marketplace: the books are non-returnable, the discount is not favorable, and most of the titles including Tea for Two Nature's Apothecary are about $5.00 over the going price for titles in the category. These factors in combination inform our decision not to stock the titles in the stores, and for the stores to decide not to do an event with the titles.

I hope this information is helpful.

Marcella A Smith

Director Small Press & Vendor Relations

Barnes & Noble, Inc

122 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10011

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Memory McDermott has requested that her contract be terminated and all rights of her book be signed back to her.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb storyteller with a wealth of stories to tell., October 13, 2003

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This review is from: A Drifter's Legacy: Short Stories from the Highlands and Lowlands (Paperback)

Reviewer: David Gardiner from London, United Kingdom. 01.10.03
Written with a wonderful sense of irony and dry humour, acclaimed and emulated by fellow-writers for their technical perfection, these stories will reduce you successively to shocked silence and helpless laughter. Mr. Bruce can find humour in tragedy and a vein of sadness just below the surface of comedy. These could only have been written by someone who had lived a long life in the role of an outsider, and who understands the uneasy truce that defines the end point in the battle against alcoholism. A truly riveting and unforgettable journey through the soul of a superb storyteller with a wealth of stories to tell.