Announcing the first (mini, e-)book about Occupy Wall Street: "October 1, 2011: The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge"

I promised you I was going to put my furlough to good use! This weekend, I published "October 1, 2011: The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge." It's an Amazon Kindle Single -- and if you haven't heard of these, you will...because this is a revolutionary new advance in publishing. It's a new way for authors to publish longform journalism is a speedy fashion -- to reach the right audience at the right time at the right price. In this case, "October 1, 2011" is about 14,500 words -- that's 2-3 times a typical magazine cover story but about 1/6th as long as my Reagan book "Tear Down This Myth" (see what I did there). It comes at the user-friendly price of 99 cents -- I picked that price so that I could reach as many readers as possible while (barely) re-affirming my commitment to capitalism.

The only thing that's more exciting than the new format is the actual subject matter. There is something revolutionary in the air in America right now, and as a writer I live to chronicle something like this. "October 1, 2011" -- when about 700 protesters were arrested in the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge -- was the day that changed everything, when Occupy Wall Street went from being ignored to capturing the national imagination. This is ultimately also the story of how America has been steadily clamping down on the public square and the right to protest over the last decade (yes, since 9/11) -- and how some everyday Americans made life-altering choices to take it back.

But don't take my word for it -- here's what the fair and balanced reviewer for Amazon.com had to say about "10/1/11: TBOTBB":

To those among us who get their news via mainstream channels--television, newspapers, public radio--the "battle of the Brooklyn Bridge" may have come as a shock. The movement called Occupy Wall Street had received precious little media attention until Saturday, October 1, 2011, when an idea that arose at Adbusters--a semi-obscure, anti-capitalist magazine based in Vancouver, BC--galvanized hundreds of New York City protesters, who then attempted nothing more than to march across one of the most hallowed symbols of accomplishment in the United States. On the bridge itself, police arrested more than 700 protesters, as is now well known, and thanks to viral videos, the whole world was watching. In The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge, Will Bunch captures the spirit of the day from the sympathetic viewpoint of those who claim that "We are the 99%." And how. His extended essay--part reportage, part oral history--nails the screaming immediacy of the events with the eloquence of scholar and the pace of a straightforward thriller. As of its publication date, the long-term import of this this event has yet to play out, but Bunch's gripping narrative of the day's events will provide a lasting testament to those who were there, and an eye-opening call to attention for the rest of us.

I couldn't have said it better myself!