Making A Killing Book Site
Sat, Sep 22nd, 2007
I just worked up the first draft of the site for my forthcoming book Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights. Check it out over at http://www.makingakillingbook.com. Right now, the site contains some generous advance praise from several quarters,1 an excerpt (the first few pages of the book, with more to come), and a brief overview of what the book covers.
At this point, the book is out of my hands. The index is complete, it has been copy edited, corrected, laid out, and sent to the printer. Now, it is just a waiting game. Barring any unforseen delays, the book should be out in Early November, at which point, I suspect I’ll be getting some interesting email from unhappy animal rights activists.
- In jest, Ryan from vegblog.org sent me this advance praise: “Making a Killing” is a heartwarming tale of “L’il Bobby Torres,” a young man who, with his pet dairy cow Bessie, travels the countryside, visiting farmers and collecting eggs from happy hens to make a tasty dessert. Kids of all ages will find something to love in “Making a Killing,” with its colorful pictures and accompanying stuffed animal. And the recipes in the back are tasty, too!” Of course, this is Ryan’s wry humor. His real blurb is much better, and worth checking out. [↩]
# Comment by Andrew on Sun, Sep 23rd, 2007 at 7:51 am:
It’s gonna be tough, but I think I can resist the temptation of pre-ordering through Amazon and wait until it’s available from AK Press.
I honestly cannot believe how quickly you sent Vegan Freak to me when I ordered through Tofu Hound, especially since I live on the otherside of the world!
Good luck, I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on this book.
# Comment by Theresa on Sun, Sep 23rd, 2007 at 10:50 pm:
Hi Bob! You’ll have to post the emails when they come through. Angry emails are always good fun to read. I’m looking forward to reading the book too, of course.
# Comment by Sean B on Tue, Sep 25th, 2007 at 8:29 pm:
Bob, I think I’m gonna need a crate of these babies.
# Comment by Al on Wed, Sep 26th, 2007 at 9:04 am:
Bob, any chance you’ll do a book tour? It would be great to see you at the Boston Vegetarian Society. BTW, the book site is gorgeous.
# Comment by Bob Torres on Wed, Sep 26th, 2007 at 5:56 pm:
@Andrew: Cool. I know AK will appreciate that! Glad that Vegan Freak came fast, too. Sometimes, oddly, it takes less time for our stuff to get halfway around the world than to Canada, whose border is like 20 miles away.
@Theresa: Oh, I will share!
@Sean: a crate?! Rock on! I’m sure AK could work something out cheap if you are serious.
@Al: I’ll probably do some speaking gigs around the NE once the snow melts in the Spring. I’d love to come to Boston again, of course. Also, thanks for all the support, Al: I still remember how enthusiastic and cool you were about our last book when we met in Boston last time we were there, several years ago.
Thanks for the comments thus far everyone: I really appreciate them.
# Comment by James on Tue, Oct 23rd, 2007 at 2:09 am:
As I suspected, the excerpt from the site has me psyched to read Making a Killing. I had a great time reading Vegan Freak but this book appeals to me on a much deeper level with the connections being made between human exploitation of other humans, animals, racism, sexism etc.
If you do a book tour you really need to roll out to L.A. Not the lame-ass glitzy fake L.A., but the anti-heirarchy, vegan, tattooed, community bike shop, urban cyclist, dope mexican food parts of L.A.
# Comment by Sean B on Fri, Nov 2nd, 2007 at 8:29 am:
Bob, I wish I had the money for a crate of books, but two will have to do for now .
I’ve pre-ordered two copies from Amazon, but for some reason it says the estimated shipping date is November 30th, which seems weird because I thought it came out on the 1st of november. I am just confused?