I’ve an acquaintance – an ex-detective known as John Hanson – who has for a variety of years been self-publishing an unbelievable document of each UFO sighting that he has been in a position to uncover. He additionally maintains a public archive of knowledge concerning the UAP / UFO phenomenon: witness reviews, images, video clips, newspaper cuttings and so forth. All this has value John a substantial quantity: he tells me that he has but to make his first penny of revenue!
I am certain he did not anticipate turning into wealthy from his writing – his motivation has all the time been to document the information for posterity and push for disclosure within the UK – however I am equally sure that John thought he would no less than break even.
Once I was chatting with him at a UFO convention at Woodbridge that we collectively organised, I sympathised with him, however voiced the opinion that almost all of individuals on this nation simply do not learn books lately. In case you stroll round any automobile boot on a Sunday morning, you will see just some ‘pulp fiction’ titles on most stalls – typically Dan Brown or Lee Little one (Nothing flawed with a little bit of Jack Reacher!) That is mirrored while you go to trendy properties: no bookcases and no piles of books on aspect tables. I think about Wikipedia and social media has rather a lot to do with this….
Personally talking, I really like books: I learn and re-read my favourites and dip into reference titles every day.
