Books like SOUL OF A CITIZEN and THE IMPOSSIBLE WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE get out best through word of mouth. Soul started with just 3,000 copies in the stores and is now in its tenth printing, with 85,000 copies in print, largely because enthusiastic readers told others.  The Impossible has gone from 8,000 to over 40,000 copies in less than half a year. So I'd really appreciate your help:

• E-mail as many friends and colleagues as you can to let them know about the books, as well as relevant listservs. You can cut and paste this on-line flier. 
• Or send this wonderful animated E-Card, created by my publisher. If you want to email it to a large list, paste in this URL: http://www.perseusbookspromos.com/impossible/
• Both Soul and  The Impossible are being used in classrooms nationwide, and getting wonderful responses. So I'd particularly appreciate your emailing the flier to college and high school faculty.  If you'd like more info on classroom use, click here for Soul and here for The Impossible. Also encourage educators to review the books in their professional publications and listservs.
• Mention the books and Web sites in Internet listservs, blogs, discussion boards, and radio call-in shows.
• See www.paulloeb.org/schedule.htm for where I'll be speaking in my continual touring.  Please pass this information to friends.
• Bring me in in to lecture or do workshops.  This works best though colleges with decent lecture budgets or organizations planning major conferences.
• Print out the flier to copy and distribute in settings where a printed version makes more sense.
• Make sure your local bookstores stock Soul of a Citizen and The Impossible Will Take a Little While and stock them visibly. Since the election, The Impossible has appeared repeatedly on the American Book Association's BookSense bestseller list, and both sell wonderfully whenever stores put them out.
• Make sure your city, county, and college and high school libraries have copies of both books. The Impossible did not get covered in the key library publications, so this would be very useful. Print out the home pages to show them the wonderful reviews, and insist that they order a copy, and not just rely on interlibrary loan.
• Review the books for Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.  You can also help at Amazon by creating lists and "So You'd Like To" guides where the book will appear along with other top-selling progressive titles.
• Order copies in bulk for activist and community organizations. Use the books in trainings, and as a resource to inspire commitment among staffers, volunteers and board members.
• Tell other activist groups who may not know about the books. Buy copies for your favorite community activists, including concerned elected officials
• Make sure the books are included in any resource tables at political events. Give it away as a premium if you're fundraising.
• Tell key local and national media outlets about the books. Point them to www.paulloeb.org for information.
• Link to www.paulloeb.org from your websites.
• Get The Impossible reviewed in your local newspaper and in community and activist newsletters.

I believe these books are powerful resources to help citizens learn to speak out and keep on being involved. Please help them get out in any way you can.