Expectantly Ringing in the New Year, 2019 Edition

Happy New Year! First, let me heartily thank all those readers who valiantly refrained from purchasing any Smashed-Rat-on-Press titles in 2018. Without your tightly held purse-strings and steadfast dedication to fiscal restraint, we could not have met our goal: two solid years of enormously zero book sales. This could be the most epic giant goose egg in the history of publishing!

How does SROP do it? How can they pull off such a feat and remain in business? You might well ask such questions. The unified answer is, of course, that our business is run entirely on delusions, fumes, and good old fashioned magic. I would venture to say (knock on wood) that SROP is one of the smallest outfits in the "publishing" industry today, with an incredible sales record that is virtually unmatched for any company with our longevity. SROP has been in "business" since 1976, and will continue to putter happily along with no venture capital infusions or cash reserves into the foreseeable future. We will continue to publish as we please, no matter what gets in our way.

We all thank you again, from the bottoms of our fuzzy little rodential hearts for your "patronage" in 2018. May you live long and prosper, even if your life has to be bookless! And may all your dreams come true.

In 2019, for something not so completely different, we plan to strive our utmost to extend our fabulously ground-hugging sales record with one more shut-out year. It will be a year of peace and tranquility, without any pesky orders to fill or readers to please.
Only you can help make that happen by squirreling away your cash; hiding your credit cards; keeping mum about SROPly secrets; and hoarding all your sheaves of wheat, chickens, goats, hogs, ale, eggs, embroidery, and other valuable miscellaneous items of barter. (But don't forget that by following the bread-crumbs in my profile, you can still acquire any SROP book you desire. Also, note that just yesterday we updated our free e-book information and e-book ordering page, in case you were wondering.)

OK, now for the toast. Does everyone have their recyclable plastic glass half-full of cheap champagne substitute? Well, then... Cheers! And bottoms up...