Clovis Road - Self Published

In the Dallas Morning News May 23, 2010 it stated that in 2009 there were 764,448 self published books, like Clovis Road - Dr. Roy Hunt Murder 1942 - 1943, compared to 288,355 titles by publishing houses. The article by Virginia Heffernan titled "How the digital age is making self-publishing respectable" cites the data from Bowker bibliographic company. The number of self published books was up 181 percent from the previous year. Highgate Publishing LLC owns and distributes the Hunt murder story.

Purchase Clovis Road

Mineral Wells High School Class of 1962 friends have asked for details about how to purchase Clovis Road, the story of the Dr. Roy Hunt murder. The foreword is by Jerry Scott Hughes. Dedicated to Harold LaFont and Bill LaFont. Send your name and address to 6257 Highgate Lane, Dallas, Texas, 75214 and a check, cash, or money order for $30. The book is 184 pages, has 93000 words and 50 illustrations. It is hardback, first edition, and is its second printing. It is currently also available at Waymore's, the Waylon Jennings Museum and store, in Littlefield, Texas and at Amazon.com.

May Update

We submitted a pitch to the Ira Glass NPR radio show and another to the Amarillo Globe newspaper for a story. The 12th of May was Mr. Bill LaFont's birthday. Several of my high school classmates, Mineral Wells High School Class of 1962, have ordered the book this weekend.

Lubbock

Yesterday we were able to finally contact someone on the staff of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal who wanted to hear about the book. Their book and information is in the mail and they seemed very interested. The second printing was picked up on Thursday from Taylor and has several small corrections from the first printing. Got an order today from Palacios, Texas. Turns out that the person's boss at the Avalanche told them the book was not to be reviewed (email July 13) and to kill the review.

Clovis Road Second Printing

Taylor Publishing notified us that the second printing of the book is available to be picked up tomorrow. There were three corrections from the first printing only one involved fact. One person commented today that just finished reading the book said that it was very well done. Everyone wants to know why we started the project in the first place. The book has been entered in the Independent Publishers Award contest for this year and will be entered in the Texas Institute of Letters competition for this year also. A representative of the Texas Tech Library system was in Dallas this past weekend and talked with Dana and myself at a local book store for about an hour and a half about the book and its concept.

Today

Nothing new has happened on the book, lately, but Bob does have an article that is due to come out in a Baylor magazine called "Baylor Proceedings." I don't know if it will just be a review of the anesthesia and medicine that was practiced at the time, or if the editor will elaborate on the story of the book. I hope that the editor does both.

Jerry Scott Hughes

Yesterday the funeral for the man that wrote the Foreword to Clovis Road was held in Midlothian Texas. Burial was in Garland, Texas. Jerry was remembered as a gentleman and man who had a very full life.