HICKSON Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 HICKSON: THE PAPERBOY AT GHETTOHEAT®! I LOVE PAPER BOOKS.... ALTHOUGH E-BOOKS ARE THE NEW WAVE, DUE TO TECHNOLOGY & EVOLUTION, & I'M VENTURIN' INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD WIT' MY OWN LINE OF E-BOOKS, SOLD EXCLUSIVELY ON GHETTOHEAT.COM (I'M PERSONALLY PROTECTIN' THE HOUSE OF GHETTOHEAT® & MY ARTISTS THIS WAY), THERE'S NOTHIN' LIKE A PAPER BOOK! I ABSOLUTELY ENJOY SIGNIN' THEM AT EVENTS; I'VE AUTOGRAPHED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS. YET, EACH TIME I SIGN THEM, I ALWAYS HAVE THAT EXCITIN' FEELIN' WHEN I'D SIGNED MY FIRST ONE, SEPTEMBER 4, 2003--THE ARRIVAL OF MY POETRY BOOK, GHETTOHEAT®! I LOVE THE FEEL OF PAPER, I LOVE TO TOUCH IT, I LOVE TO TURN THE PAGES OF PAPER BOOKS AS I READ AND ACTUALLY HEAR THE RUSTLIN' SOUND WHILE PROCEEDIN'. SO MUCH THAT I ACTUALLY WIND UP FALLIN' ASLEEP THIS WAY WHEN NOT ON MY LAPTOP: EITHER CURLED UP TO A GREAT TITLE, OR REVIEWIN' ONE OF THE MANY UNSOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS THAT LANDS INTO MY P.O. BOX. *SHRUGS* THERE'S MORE OF A PERSONAL CONNECTION WIT' THE READER & AUTHOR, I FEEL WHEN READIN' PAPER BOOKS--DO YOU AGREE? CONNECTIN' IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS WHEN MOST ACTIVITIES REVOLVE AROUND OR INVOLVE GREAT USE OF THE INTERNET, SOMETHING SO IMPERSONAL, YET PREFERRED BY MANY. I DON'T KNOW 'BOUT YOU, BUT I WOULD RATHER MEET YOU ALL AT GHETTOHEAT® BOOK EVENTS THAN CYBERSPACE VIA E-READER, ME LOVING TO TOUCH THE PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO PAPER (SOMETIMES HUGGIN' YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME AS IF WE'D KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS--FORCE OF HABIT! *SHRUGS*) SO, AS WE AS PEOPLE VENTURE DEEP INTO THE FUTURE & CYBER WORLD, & THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY MANIFEST INTO SOMETHIN' VIRTUALLY FIERCE, I WILL NOT ABANDON PAPER BOOKS AT GHETTOHEAT®! I'M SOON TO DO MY NEXT RUN OF ESSENCE BESTSELLER, CONVICT'S CANDY (5TH LARGE PRINT) & RECENTLY ASKED "ARE YOU DOING A SHORT RUN OR PRINT ON DEMAND?" "WHAT IS THAT?", MY RESPONSE. I'VE NEVER DONE A SHORT RUN OF PAPER BOOKS IN MY LIFE & FRANKLY WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO (THANK YOU, SUPPORTERS!) & THE TRADITIONAL PRINT ON DEMAND CONCEPT DOESN'T FIT INTO GHETTOHEAT®'S BUSINESS MODEL! HONESTLY, MY "PRINT ON DEMAND" WAS ALWAYS DICTATED BY THE SUPPORTERS OF GHETTOHEAT®: DEMANDIN' ME TO PRINT (AS INSISTIN' AS THEY ARE AT TIMES, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM ALL FOR IT, & THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!)! I'VE EVEN GOTTEN "STRANGE CALLS" ABOUT THE RELEASE OF CONVICT'S CANDY AT 3 AM IN THE MORNING ON A MONDAY FROM AN "UNKNOWN SOURCE" WHO GOT MY NUMBER (REASON WHY IT'S CHANGED OFTEN....), ASKIN' ME ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE TITLE IN PAPERBACK! AS CREEPY AS THAT MAY BE, IT'S ALSO THRILLIN' TO ME! IT MEANS THAT PAPERBACKS WON'T BE TOTALLY OBSOLETE, & THAT MANY STILL PREFER PAPER BOOKS EVEN WIT' THE BOOM OF E-READERS AND E-BOOKS: THE NEW MILLENNIAL MEANING OF "PAGE-TURNER" PERHAPS? I HOPE SO. SIMPLE IS SEXY TO ME, SO FOLKS, KNOW THAT WHILE I GET MY ELECTRIC BOOGIE ON, I WILL ULTIMATELY BE ENJOYIN' THE SIMPLICITY OF, TOUCHIN' PAPER.... HICKSON: CEO of GHETTOHEAT® & GHETTOHEAT® TV! GHETTOHEAT® PRODUCTIONS: GHETTOHEAT® CONVICT’S CANDY HARDER AND GOD CREATED WOMAN LONDON REIGN SONZ OF DARKNESS TANTRUM HICKSONBELIKE... LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY THICKNESS GHOST TOWN HUSTLERS BANJEE CUNT ULTRAFABNABULOUS BROTHERS BEHIND BARS SO SEXY TOUGH MR. GHETTOHEAT® SKATE ON! GHETTOHEAT® EATS TURF GHETTOHEAT® MAGAZINE! GHETTOHEAT® | P.O. BOX 2746 | NEW YORK, NY 10027 | HTTP://GHETTOHEAT.COM/ | HICKSON@GHETTOHEAT.COM GHETTOHEAT®: THE HOTNESS IN THE STREETS!!!™ #GHETTOHEAT #THEHOTNESSINTHESTREETS #HICKSON #CEOOFGHETTOHEAT #TEAMGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONHOTNESS #PEACEANDGHETTOHEAT #HICKSONBELIKE #GHETTOHEATBOOKS #GHETTOHEATMAGAZINE #GHETTOHEATTV #GHETTOHEATMOVEMENT #INSTAHICKSON #MAMAGHETTOHEAT #HOUSEOFGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATSALUTE #PAZYGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATHOTNESS #IAMGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATPRODUCTION #MOVIMIENTODEGHETTOHEAT #BABYGHETTOHEAT #INSTAGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATWORLDWIDE #SALUDODEGHETTOHEAT #MRGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATGLOBALGROUPHUG #LACASADEGHETTOHEAT #GHETTOHEATEATS #GHETTOHEATCOM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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