Friends, I was quite naive to believe that a book tour could be organized on an impromptu basis. Volunteer hosts aren't the problem: dozens of you jumped into the breach, offering to host visits in locations from coast to coast. Many thanks for that! The problem is that bookstores need advance notice to get on their schedules, and they want to see favorable reviews by someone, or some publication, that they've heard of. Hence, our plans have been revised. We (that's Chris and I) will be sending out copies of the book, with cover letters,. to people, periodicals, radio stations, etc., where we think there might be resonance with the ideas. We'll be looking for interviews and reviews. If you have any suggestions for places to send such review copies, please let us know. When we get enough of a portfolio together, then we'll be able to send a 'kit' to our volunteer hosts and start putting together an itinerary. Perhaps April-May timeframe. I was very pleased to see the book in its physical existence. There's something amorphous about all this Internet material - there are always new versions and new information - a world of flux. ...a difference-in-kind of media, a la MacCluan. - a book is something real, more permanent, than webstuff. I guess it's like the difference between a movie and a TV series. I hope more of you get a copy, plus some for your friends. I hope you start sending in reviews for our own local feedback here, plus put some reviews on Amazon.com. I'll be in the SF Bay Area for the next couple weeks. If any of you would be interested in getting together, please let me know, with available dates, and we'll try to arrange a party / gathering, most likely in the Palo Alto area. cheers, richard
