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Everybody knows what a bestseller is. And many of you have probably read at least one in your lifetime. Thanks to a radio host, Jean Shepherd, a book that wasn't even written ended up on a bestseller list. Here's the story.
It all took place in 1955. At that time Shepherd was a host on a night radio program. One day, he walked into a bookshop on Fifth Avenue, looking for a script of an old radio serial titled Vic and Sade. But the shop assistant told him that it wasn't on any publisher's list which meant that it didn't exist. Shepherd tried to explain that it was published and wanted to order it but the shop assistant ignored what he was saying. This annoyed Shepherd. On his next show, he told his story and started to laugh at people who believed in silly lists. He gave an example of bestseller lists. Such lists, he said, were unreliable because they were made by bored reporters who called bookshops to find out what was selling. He was certain any book would get on the list if lots of people asked for it at different bookshops.
Darmowe konto pozwoli wrócić do niego później.
And then he came up with an idea how to prove it. He asked his listeners to walk into bookstores the next day and try to order a book that didn't exist. With the help of his listeners he invented the title, author of this book.
The next morning, hundreds of Shepherd's listeners invaded bookstores in New York looking for the book. Of course, the bookshops didn't have it, so the listeners asked shop assistants to order it. In the weeks that followed, thousands of Shepherd's fans did the same at bookstores around the United States. Soon the book made The New York Times bestseller list.
Listeners shared some of their hilarious stories on Shepherd's nightly show. One woman told him that she mentioned the book at a posh party and a well-known lawyer said he'd read it. Another person, a college student, wrote a nine-page essay about the book and got a B+ from his professor of literature with the note "Great research!". The funniest for everybody, though, was the story about a gossip reporter describing his lunch with the author who was passing through town on his way to India.
The joke ended a couple of months later. One evening a listener called in and identified himself as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. He said he had been following the joke from the beginning and suggested Shepherd should tell the truth about the book to everyone. Shepherd agreed to meet him and the story was published in the papers the next day.
6.1. B
6.2. C
6.3. A
6.4. C
6.5. B
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