Make Me An Offer

Blomberg, ConProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.2

Word count: 15K words
Chapters: 2

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Make Me An Offer by Con BlombergAuthor: Blomberg, Con,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Feb 27, 2016

Editor's review

This is an English literary work in the Project Gutenberg collection, classified under American and Canadian literature. It is relatively short and suitable as lightweight English reading material. As a public-domain e-book, its value lies mainly in the availability of the text and its supplementary role in literary history: readers can encounter early English popular narrative and experience the language habits and narrative rhythms of different periods. Because the available information provides only bibliographic details and classification, with no specific plot or author biography, reading should center on the text itself without excessive expectations. It is better suited as supplementary reading for extensive reading, language learning, or public-domain book collecting than as a core text for systematic research. Readers are advised to read it in short segments during commuting or before bed, note unfamiliar expressions as they go, and after finishing compare it with similar public-domain works to appreciate how different authors handle similar subjects.

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Blomberg, Con Author

Con Blomberg is an author about whom relatively little public information is available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly documented. Two of his works are held in the collection, Make Me An Offer and Sales Talk. Judging by their titles and subject matter, both deal with selling, pricing, and sales negotiation, focusing on communication skills and psychological maneuvering in commercial transactions. Taken together, the two books suggest a sustained interest in the practical side of sales, with an emphasis on usefulness and hands-on technique, aimed at ordinary readers and practitioners who wish to improve their deal-closing abilities. Because biographical information is scarce, it is difficult to assess the full range of his writing style or to place his work within the broader landscape of business writing. Readers may treat the two titles as introductory references for understanding sales talk and pricing strategies; should more material emerge later, the assessment of the author and his work may be supplemented or revised.