What's Wrong With Guards Gone Wild!?

[SecurityGuard]

As the title for my book, I mean.

I have been having meetings with friends to discuss the possibility of using crowdfunding in order to self-publish my book.

During last evening's meeting, my friend had a strong reaction to Guards Gone Wild!. He said this title will make my book look sleazy. He also said I will receive criticisms from others, including publishers, over the title.

That came as a surprise to me. Because I had already decided on using Guards Gone Wild![i/] as the title since September last year and have been tossing it around here and there ever since. No one complained about sleaziness or whatever.

On the other hand, my friend felt rather strongly about the sleaziness of my title of choice. Which is why I would like to do a poll here. To see how many people actually consider the title to be too sleazy and if that might affect sales of the book.

An alternative title was suggested during the meeting. Something like Diary of a Security Guard[i/]. Less sleazy sounding. Would that be a more appropriate title?

 

[SecurityGuard]

In case anyone needs to know, I already put up a description of the book on my blog.

Here it is:

The book is a memoir of my experiences in the security industry. There’s plenty to tell. Scams perpetrated by security agencies and guards. Intense confrontations with delinquents and work colleagues. Funny moments to make you laugh and frustrating moments that made me cry. And so on and so forth.

I received my first assignment as a security guard way back in 1999, and continued to work in the industry over the next few years. Between 2003 and 2009, I took a long break from security work but finally succumbed to financial pressure some time during the latter half of 2009, and once again mired myself in the industry. I have been working as a security guard (on an on-and-off basis) ever since.

A few years ago, I realised that it would be a shame if those stories were left to rot by the wayside of memory lane. So I started writing and those collected anecdotes became Guards Gone Wild!.

 

[jeffyen2]

What you may want to do is to self-publish, right now. Keep your costs near zero by doing it on an ebook platform such as Kindle or Google Play. (So you don't need to crowd-fund anything.) Then depending on the response, you may then wish to invest in 'paper book publishing'. Let me know if you need more info; I helped to do this with my friend's book before.