[Leica] homage to kyle cassidy's Armed America

[kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)]

>our copy of kyle cassidy's Armed America arrived today.
>a terrific book, and the first photo art book my kids
>have ever shown interest in.

>http://www.shinozuka.org/20070707aa/

When I wrote my book proposal, one of the things I said was "I expect this 
to be the first art book that many people buy." And I do think of this as a 
gateway book. I hope that after people buy it, and enjoy looking at the the 
photos, they'll pay attention when amazon.com recommends "based on your 
buying habits, we think you might like:" -- Suburbia, or Teenagers in Their 
Rooms, Passing Gass, or Mary Ellen Mark and that this one book might lead to 
a photography book addiction.
 
That was always my plan anyway. I do think that this book has the potential 
to have a lot of overlapping markets. It may get some people thinking about 
America, other people thinking about guns, other people thinking about 
interior design, and still others thinking about photography.
 
I have high hopes. Thanks to everyone who's bought it and continues to talk 
it up. Media (magazine reviews, newspapers, and the like) is being held up 
until August 1 to make sure that it's on shelves in bookstores when the 
publicity hits. My own local bookstore (barns and noble) is filing it under 
"political science" rather than "art" -- go figure -- so if you don't see it 
on the shelves where you're expecting to find it, go ahead and ask.
 
thanks again,
 
kc
 
on the edge of his seat waiting to break the News to the Lug -- but not just 
yet!