Bestselling writer James Patterson as soon as noticed a lady testing one in every of his earliest novels ― after which she booked out of the shop with out paying for it.
Patterson, who has since bought over 400 million books, stated that individual novel used to be on The New York Instances Absolute best Vendor checklist however he didn’t imagine it. So he used to be delighted to peer the girl select up his ebook, look on the again and stroll away with it.
“That is the most productive, I need to move hug this lady,” Patterson advised Seth Meyers on “Past due Night time” Wednesday. “She places it in her bag, she stole it. And all I’m going is: ‘Does that rely as a sale?’”