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Michael Di Lauro

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I love a good story. A page turner. A well-written tome. A tale that stays with me months—years even—after I've finished it.

I love something that makes me think, ponder and wonder. I love protagonists that come to life inside the pages of a novel. Characters that gestated within the imagination of an author. Making me wonder how did they come up with such a lifelike persona? How did they do all that? And where can I find another story like that one?

Author of Net Present Value of Life
My second novel, Rock Kills is out now!
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Average rating: 4.36 · 11 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works
The Net Present Value of Life

4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010
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The pricing conundrum

There are people (people I know) who keep asking me the same question. “Why,” they ask me, “is the price of your new book so low?”

Everyone I know seems to agree that $1.99 is dirt cheap for an eBook. And when they ask me why, I always tell them I didn’t price it for people I know. I priced it, in fact, for people I don’t know.

Now I know there are a lot of you sales and marketing types out ther

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