Please don’t think I’m disagreeing with you, I’m not, I totally understand the reasons you’ve listed…BUT, any one of the following COULD have been said about Lois on the loose; we all loved it because we ride bikes, but, we’re still a minority.

So, if we’re the minority and it possibly won’t sell many copies, and you get told

Brilliant writing, but didn't like the story.
Writing needs work, great story!
Too much focus on bikes. Too much focus on travel.

How did she get it in the shops? Like I said in my original post

“Lots of people have done a Trans US. I bet when she set off she figured she’d be back in her job when it was all over? Or was it part of the plan to write a book? What or why was that trip so different? Being female? Small bike? Big deal, can’t be the first time, or was it?”

Take Grant and Sue for example, surely that long on the road would make a sweet book? Yet - nothing done. Have they already shot themselves in the foot with this site? Would they get told, sorry you’ve said it all once on the site for free.

Is it possible to use your personal web site to tease people in to buying a .PDF file for 3 or 4 quid, by offering a couple of well written chapters for free then have a, buy the rest button. At least this would show you’d interest in your story. You could pad the book out with a second section, lots of pix maybe your version of a how2 and how I prepped kindda thing.

Like I say, I’m just interested bout the whole book thing

Shaun