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Little did President Obama know that by accepting an early copy of “Freedom,” the new Jonathan Franzen novel, he would set off a small panic in the publishing world.
On Friday afternoon, as Mr. Obama settled into his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, he and his daughters stopped off at Bunch of Grapes, the renowned bookstore in Vineyard Haven. As he bought copies of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee and “The Red Pony,” by John Steinbeck, booksellers handed him an advance readers copy — or A.R.C., in publishing lingo — of “Freedom,” the hugely anticipated book whose release is embargoed until next Tuesday. Booksellers are provided with advance copies of books weeks or months ahead of publication.
Media organizations quickly reported that Mr. Obama had bought a copy, sending off alarm bells (and their modern counterparts, Google news alerts) at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Mr. Franzen’s publisher, whose spokesman, Jeff Seroy, quickly contacted reporters to correct the record. CBSnews.com updated its story, implying that the White House had provided incorrect information.
It might have been too late. Other bookstores, believing that Bunch of Grapes had broken the embargo, threatened to sell t
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President Obama started his Martha's Vineyard vacation this week with a stop at a local bookstore where he picked up a trio of novels: An advance copy of Jonathan Franzen's latest, Freedom, along with Tinkers by Paul Harding and A Few Corrections by Brad Leithauser. (For his daughters, Sasha, 9, and Malia, 12, the president selected To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Red Pony by John Steinbeck.) What do Obama's choices say about him? (Watch a local report about Obama's book stop)
He's in an escapist mood: "Fiction is a bold statement for a president," says Julie Mason at the Washington Examiner. Generally, when our leaders hit the seashore for a break from the Oval Office, they gravitate towards conspicuously weighty fare: "Historical tomes, books about other presidents and the plague, whatnot." Obama, facing a bad economy and a tough midterm election year, clearly walked into that bookstore seeking an escape.
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