I should mention that I was quite surprised/impressed when Reid Tracy (President of Hay House) said yes to this idea when I suggested it. I had to ask several times in different ways just to be sure -- "You know this will mean sending out hundreds of extra review copies if I announce this on my blog... possibly more than a thousand? Are you sure you're okay with that?"
His response was basically, "The more, the merrier." This made me really glad I went with Hay House (I turned down offers from three other publishers first). They're one of the few publishers that actually understands blogging and the Internet. I'm pretty sure they've never done anything like this before, so it's refreshing to work with people who are open-minded and creative instead of rigid and inflexible.
This is the complete opposite of what I experienced working with game publishers during the 90's.
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