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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?

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	The Net Present Value of Life 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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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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