We’ve got some great news to report about our newest release, Over the Cliff. John Amato and David Neiwert’s extensively-researched and astonishing account of the rise of extreme right-wing rhetoric since Barack Obama’s election as president looks set to join the ranks of PoliPoint’s best-selling titles. Our full press release about its first few weeks is copied here:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“John Amato and David Neiwert have produced a book that should stay on shelves for 50 years…As a record of what is happening to American conservatism in the year 2010, Over the Cliff is unmatched.” –Rick Perlstein

SALES OF POLIPOINT’S NEWEST RELEASE TRACK RISE IN EXTREME RIGHT-WING RHETORIC

Blog Pioneers’ Reporting of Right-Wing Kookery and Violence Lives Up to High Praise

Sausalito, CA—In the first two weeks of Obama’s presidency, more than 200 hate crimes, including assault, arson, and even murder, were committed in the U.S. This rabid reaction continues today, fueled by popular conservative media pundits, politicians, and a seemingly new right wing populist faction, the Tea Party Movement.

Now, in its first two weeks on the market, Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane by Crooks and Liars founder John Amato and award-winning investigative journalist David Neiwert, is steadily selling 350 copies in print and 100 in digital form, and has reached as high as #128 on Amazon’s bestseller list.

A hard-hitting documentary of how right-wing politicians and media figures like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh inflame public sentiment by repeating provably false information and spinning the day’s events in outlandish and hyperbolic fashion, Over the Cliff illustrates the hypocrisy of these prominent right-wingers in attaching great importance to extreme rhetoric while simultaneously disavowing any violent actions taken by members of their audience who hang on their every word.

Even the most cursory examination of Over the Cliff provides enough evidence to explain why the American people’s perception of the Republican Party is at a historic low. Little wonder, then, that the Daily Kos’ Susan Gardner called Over the Cliff “persuasive,” “methodically documented,” and “a wake-up call for those in denial.” Given the sales of this early summer release, Over the Cliff is providing many Americans with a startling account of the rise in right-wing extremism.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

John Amato is the founder of Crooks and Liars, one of the nation’s most influential progressive weblogs. A pioneer of video blogging, he was part of CNN’s election-night coverage in 2006 and has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Forbes.

David Neiwert is a journalist and author. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Salon, Seattle Magazine, and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Report. His online reportage on domestic violence for MSNBC won a National Press Club Award in 2000. He is the author of The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right (2009) and editor of Ornicus, the award-winning weblog.

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OVER THE CLIFF: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane

By John Amato and David Neiwert

$16.95, PoliPointPress, June 1, 2010, Trade Paper

ISBN: 978-0-9824171-7-1, 296 pages, 5.5” x 8.5”

$9.99 eBook, PDF, ePub, Mobi
ISBN: 978-1-9362273-8-9

For more information, go to www.p3books.com/overthecliff/

For press inquiries, please contact Darcy Cohan: 415-339-4111 or darcycohan@p3books.com