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his book, along with individualized letters, to bookstores,
newspapers, magazines, and hotels. He worked with a marketing
expert at Northwest to get his book stocked by distributors, and
to set up book signings at major bookstores. When petitioner was
unhappy with the contents of his press release, he rewrote it and
sent his changes to Northwest. Moreover, when petitioner became
dissatisfied with Northwest's marketing efforts, he wrote a
letter demanding that the publishing company comply with the
terms of its agreement.
By letter dated January 22, 1996, Northwest's account
executive informed petitioner that 6,800 copies of his book had
been ordered and shipped,8 and that another 2,500 copies had been
ordered by the Books By Millions chain. The letter also stated
that Northwest's royalty statements would be mailed in approxi-
mately 3 weeks. On his 1996 Federal income tax return, peti-
tioner reported $2,600 in gross royalties from his writing
activity.
In late 1993, after petitioner had signed an agreement with
Northwest to have "Searchlight, Nevada" published, he began
research on another book, "Nevada Nights, San Joaquin Dawn". He
wanted to document the difficulties that women face in their
attempt to break free from a life of prostitution, because, as
8The letter failed to identify who placed the order(s) for
these books or to whom they were shipped.
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