How creepy indeed. I wonder if there were many other people he approached about writing books that turned him down flat or didn't even let him in the door to talk? I'm aware that the LDS church sends out missionaries to go door-to-door, so I suppose cold-calling people wouldn't be new to Chad. And in some regards I don't find that part very strange. I have personal experience going door-to-door for my church simply to pass out flyers inviting people to special church events (Christmas plays, VBS, etc). From my experiences I know that very few people actually open their doors for strangers these days, let alone invite them inside. Those that did invite us in, it wouldn't happen after dark and for over an hour chat (although we never went out after dark anyway). Back to Chad and his unusual way of drumming up business: I guess what mostly bothers me is that he seemly targeted his authors and they seemingly accepted Chad's proposal without much hesitation. What made Chad choose those particular people or what made those people more vulnerable to being taken in by Chad?
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