BOOK! Dedication

BOOK; a no name generic product.
By Jeff Goebel
(Please include my name on any reproductions)

Almost all books have some sort of dedication in the front of them, and I didn't want mine to be any different from the rest. The problem in my case is that I have so many good friends I wouldn't want to leave anybody out, and it would take pages to list them all.

I decided that the fairest (and the safest) way of dedicating my book without hurting anyone's feelings would be to dedicate my book to someone I didn't even know. I therefore randomly selected a name from the phone book and began to use it. Up until two weeks before publication, that name was going to be the actual one used but just before I sent my manuscript off, my friend advised me to change it. She said that the name sounded dumb and made up and nobody would believe it was really selecte randomly.

Now I was back where I started. I could have gone back to the book, but an inspirational idea hit me, and I decided to try something absolutely new and innovative. I have thus decided to hold a "BE DEDICATED IN JEFF GOEBEL'S BOOK CONTEST." The winner of which will have his or her name on the dedication page in the second printing of this BOOK. see how your name can be eligible, read the contest rules below. Remember, judges' decisions are final.

DEDICATION CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

• Simply write in fifty words or more why you feel your name should be the one chosen, and not someone else who hasn't had such a good rich life.
• Send your entry on the back of a famous oil painting by one of the masters, (or a reasonable hand-drawn facsimile) along with your entry fee of $1.00 (or a reasonable hand drawn facsimile) to:

  Be Dedicated in Jeff Goebel's Book Contest
  c/o The Publisher

• No paintings will be returned, even if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.
• This contest is open to all residents of Canada and the United States except the friends and relatives of Jeff Goebel, his publishers, anyone who happens to be rich enough to buy the judges, or anyone else who in any way has anything to do with this publication. (which includes those who read it or buy it.)