Best selling author touts 1973 direct mail success
Los Angeles reports Joe Karbo claims to be the top selling US author by dollar volume in 1973 with 173000 copies of The Lazy Man's Way to Riches sold at $10 each. He markets via direct mail and full page Time ad, boasting a $100000 beachfront home and other luxuries funded by his book.
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Letter writers clash over county pay and reform
Readers weigh in on a 69 percent pay raise for county supervisors and call for a representative, nonpartisan study of fair salaries. One letter laments media coverage of Beattie and urges focus on red tape, governance, and proper representation.
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