Ex- Kansas CityPolice Officer causes a buzz in the Philadelphia area

Philadelphia,PA.-January,08,2008before asking if I wanted to make some money.
He is a published author who now answers to theI was taken back not knowing what his(Kodiack)
psudonymn of "Kodiack" and lives in Westdeal was, but he wished to have his books on
Philadelphia with his family, but for almost 9 yearsco-signment" Kodiack recieves only a portion of
he was known as the outspoken Kansas City,his book sells, as the book store cashes in on
Kansas Officer Bobby Acklin II. When askedmore than 50% of the retail price of the
about the local success of his first book here inbook."It's a give and take, but when you feel real
Philadelphia he said "Im not surprised." "Assgood about your product it's easy to take a small
Backwards" has been selling off of shelves in localloss at first" When asked about the family and
book stores which is rare for an unknown authorfriends in Kansas he smiles. "My family was
with little local ties."I just walked into a Center Cityshocked about the book just because I never
book store and said put these (10) books on yourreally spoke about it before it was published, and
shelves and we both make money"after they got over that shock they were again
Sherita Wise, a Center City book store managershocked on how well written and funny the book
was working that day. "This big guy walked inis.
with this swagger that I have never observed