Dear Robert,<br><br>if you're interested we would be happy to feature your book as book of the week on the p2p foundation blog, see <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/category/p2p-books">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/category/p2p-books</a><br>
<br>the below is a little to marketing-y, but if you're interested, let me know, and I can explain how this works,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Robert W. McChesney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rwmcchesney@hotmail.com">rwmcchesney@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Friend, Acquaintance, Relative, or
Person-who-somehow-ended-up in my address book,<br>
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I am writing to you to announce the publication by The New Press of a brand new
book I co-edited with Victor Pickard, <i>Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out
the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It</i>.<br>
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The book includes 32 new essays on the crisis of journalism in the United
States, written by leading scholars, journalists, activists and policymakers.
The essays cover a broad range of approaches to the topic and viewpoints and
offer an equally broad range of prospective solutions. The pieces are all
written since 2008 and mostly in 2010, and include considerable ground-breaking
research and analysis. A few were published in magazines or journals, but most
were commissioned and written specifically for this volume. I have three essays
in the book, two I wrote with John Nichols, and another, on Walter Lippmann, I
wrote specifically for this book.<br>
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We have put together a Hall of Fame line-up. Since many of them are terrific
writers, the book is a great read. The contributors include (in alphabetical
order):<br>
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Craig Aaron * Bruce Ackerman * Eric Alterman * C. Edwin Baker * Yochai Benkler
* Rodney Benson * Frank Blethen * Ryan Blethen * Jessica Clark * Mark Cooper *
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps * Geoffrey Cowan * Michael X. Delli Carpini *
Leonard Downie, Jr. * Thomas Frank * Todd Gitlin * Juan Gonzalez * James T.
Hamilton * Chris Hedges * Janine Jackson * Robert W. McChesney * Laura McGann *
Pamela Newkirk * John Nichols * Victor Pickard * Shawn Powers * Michael
Schudson * Clay Shirky * David Simon * Paul Starr * Joseph Torres * Nikki Usher
* Tracy Van Slyke * Matt Welch * David Westphal * Bruce A. Williams<br>
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The New Press is a non-profit publisher in every sense of the term, so I am
assisting their publicity efforts by sending this email to you. If this does
not interest you, I apologize for the nuisance. <br>
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first wave of reviews is already in. <i>Booklist</i>
wrote: �This provocative compilation provides a groundbreaking introduction to,
and thought-provoking evaluation of, the uncertain state of contemporary
journalism. Bold, meditative, engrossing, this is an indispensable guide for
followers of modern media.�</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <i>Library Journal</i> concluded: �Anyone
concerned with the state of journalism and the state of the union should read
this thought-provoking book.�</p>
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If you are interested in purchasing the book, please consider supporting your
local independent bookstore. In Madison,
I support Rainbow Bookstore. <a href="http://www.rainbowbookstore.org/node/11832" target="_blank">http://www.rainbowbookstore.org/node/11832</a>
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Here are links to two online sellers, which have more information on the book
as well: <br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Will-Last-Reporter-Please-Lights/dp/1595585486" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Will-Last-Reporter-Please-Lights/dp/1595585486</a>��
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<a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781595585486-0" target="_blank">http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781595585486-0</a>
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If you are concerned about the crisis in journalism, I think you will find this
book a must-read. <br>
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Thanks for your time,<br>
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Bob McChesney<br>
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PS--My dear friend and frequent co-author John Nichols has a new book out from
Verso called<i> The S Word: A Short History of an American Tradition�.Socialism</i>.
It is a fantastic book that has received rave reviews. Everyone I know who has
picked up a copy has read it virtually in one sitting it was so engrossing.
That was my experience, too. Because John has been so busy covering the
Wisconsin 2011 uprising, he has not has the opportunity to do the promotional
work this book richly deserves.<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Word-Short-History-American-Tradition-Socialism/dp/184467679X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303313481&sr=1-1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Word-Short-History-American-Tradition-Socialism/dp/184467679X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303313481&sr=1-1</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781844676798-1" target="_blank">http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781844676798-1</a></p>
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