Susan Choi's Army

Dear Comrades,

As of 6:00 p.m. EST, Susan Choi's Army had pushed American Woman to an
amazon ranking of 130!!! This is an unprecedented victory. But the battle is
not over yet. We still have six more hours today. Let's try to break into
the top 100! If we succeed, the book will be listed as an amazon Best
Seller!

When it gets there, you can click here and see it:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060542217/tartorg/

Get higher, baby!

Power to the People!

Field Marshall Pete
Minister of Information

Interim Communiqué

Comrades:

At this moment (shortly after 3p.m. EST), amazon.com has American Woman
ranked at 271.

This is a leap of 6,958 places since 9:00 pm EST last night!

You have done this! All the soldiers in Susan Choi's Army have come together
to make today one of the most extraordinary battles in literary/military
history!

And we're not done yet! We're going to push the book even higher! I myself
have been waiting until my purchase could be leveraged most effectively. Now
I'm going to stop waiting. If you're doing the same, now is the time to act!
And if you haven't forwarded these communiques on to a friend yet, do it
now!

Power to the People!

Field Marshall Pete
Minister of Information
Susan Choi's Army

COMMUNIQUE NO. 2

Please pass this communiqué on to all your book-loving friends.


Dear Comrades:

The past 24 hours have seen many great victories for Susan Choi's Army!
First, the astonishing front cover of the New York Times Book Review. If you
haven't yet read Sven Birkerts's very smart critique of American Woman, do
check it out. (Unfortunately, because The Man is jamming my communications
equipment, I am unable to provide a direct link, but you can find the review
yourself by searching on nytimes.com.)

The second victory is yours, comrades! Last night at nine o'clock, American
Woman sat at 7,220 on amazon's sales ranking. As of noon today, it is ranked
at 682! That is an astonishing leap, and it shows the power of Susan Choi's
Army. Thank you to everyone who's already bought a copy of the book today.
Your voice is being heard!

Join the revolution! Just follow this link today and buy American Woman:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060542217/tartorg/

One note on this coordinated strike: Amazon.com is, of course, not the only
bookseller in America. We have chosen to hit amazon because it is the
easiest and fastest way for a few dedicated soldiers to leverage their
power. However, I'm going to quote a dissenting communiqué I received this
morning from Comrade Adam of the Green Apple Division:

"With all due respect, I'd urge a multi-pronged strike: buy the book at a
local independent. There is doubtless a thrill to watch the sales figures
on Amazon, but independent bookstores also report sales, and the Man will
see the figures all the same. Plus you have the added pleasure of helping
to keep alternative suppliers in business at a time when they are truly
threatened by nefarious monopolizers and moguls."

Dissent makes our movement strong, and Comrade Adam raises an excellent
point. So use your discretion: buy from amazon to demonstrate our power in
an immediate way; or buy from your local independent bookstore. But do it
today!


Power to the People!

Field Marshall Pete
Minister of Information
Susan Choi's Army (SCA)