I plan to contact book clubs, in Thailand first and then Southeast Asia and Japan (and later, possibly in other parts of the world). In addition to providing them with sample chapters of the novel 'OAHS', its synopsis, a list of salient points and the rest of the basic information about the novel and myself, I also plan to give at least one free copy of the novel to them. When they decide to read the novel in their respective book club, I will offer copies of the book to their members at a discount price. I also plan to go and meet them in person. I will also ask them to have me as a guest at their book club meeting. The following is a list of book clubs that I plan to contact:
As A Study Material In The Classroom
I plan to contact university professors in Japan who teach contemporary English literature as well. I will ask them to use 'OAHS' in their classroom as a contemporary novel written in English but by a Japanese author. There are a number of well-known and critically-acclaimed books written in the English language but by authors whose first language is not English such as ‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad and ‘The Fountainhead’ by Ayn Rand. It is quite rare, however, that a Japanese author whose first language is Japanese writes a novel in English (despite Japan being an industrialized economy, Japan ranks 87th on the list of EF English Proficiency Index). I believe this is an opportunity to market and promote 'OAHS' as a very unique book in this regard as well as in many other aspects.
As A Creative Writing Study Material
I plan to contact university professors in Japan, Thailand, India and other countries who teach creative writing in English as well and ask them to use 'OAHS' in their classroom.