Posted on 08/08/2004 12:46:12 AM PDT by shining_city
Two distinctly different titles supporting distinctly different administrations are heading for a late August release.
The first is a title from World Ahead Publishing (Los Angeles), a new publishing house seeking to produce titles on free markets and individual liberties. Its first book, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUSH: REFLECTIONS ON THE WAR ON TERROR, DEFENSE OF THE FAMILY, AND REVIVAL OF THE ECONOMY, is a collection of essays written by conservative and libertarian policy makers and scholars, including Art Laffer, George Shultz and William Bennett. The editors are Rod Martin, founder of the Vangaurd political action committee, and Aman Verjee, who created the NASCAR magazine, American Thunder. The book also features a foreword by Jeb Bush.
Publisher Eric Jackson said the book's release was timed for Aug. 30, the first day of the Republican National Convention. The initial print run will be between 25,000-40,000 copies. In addition, the two editors of Thank You, President Bush will be at the convention handing out free copies and having discussions with the press.
Meanwhile, PublicAffairs (New York) announced the forthcoming publication of KERRY/EDWARDS: THEIR PLANS AND PROMISES. The book is a compilation of publicly available information about what a Kerry Administration would mean for the country, and has an introduction by Michael Kranish, a Boston Globe veteran who co-authored a biography published by PublicAffairs called John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best.
Kerry's relatively late announcement of a running mate--and publication date of Aug. 31, day two of the GOP convention--means the book won't be available at the Democratic National Convention, which starts in Boston July 26.
The print run for Kerry/Edwards: Their Plans and Promises is an estimated 30,000 copies, while the Kerry biography had an initial print run of about 50,000.
Neither World Ahead Publishing or PublicAffairs worked with either candidate's campaigns to get the book started, nor is there a relationship with the parties' respective national committees.
Thanks for the ping.
This book is coming out at exactly the right time in the campaign.
I'll be ordering it along with 'Unfit For Command'
Just looked at the book reviews of 'A Matter of Character' on Amazon.com......the Bush haters are writing bad reviews of this book.
May I suggest you write a review if you have not yet done so?
And it is kind of weird about the second book-I just received an email yesterday from Michael Kranish of the Boston Globe in response to a note I sent to him, in which he states Amazon.com was wrong about his associations with Kerry campaign business.
Looks like after reviewing the notes about these two new books about to hit the bookstores, that Michael Kranish was flat our lying to moi! <^( Either that, or I don't have a clear understanding of 'conflict of interest'.
What also bugs me is that Kranish is covering the Kerry Campaign.
Talk about journalistic malpractice.......It looks unethical to me!
How could he possible present an unbiased account of the Kerry Campaign after he writes a foreward to their book.
But the Globe apparently doesn't worry about the appearance of bias for Kerry as everyone who reads it knows they are!
Bill
Thanks for the ping. I'll be flying this week; nothing gives me more pleasure than to walk through an airport holding a copy of a pro Bush book, angled just so. It reaffirms the base, and drives the other side nuts. LOL
Another book for my must-have list. Thanks for the flag.
Great tagline!
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