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Foreword
I won't lie to you, by late 2006, I was already sick of 2008.
2008 had all the makings a of a banner year, but like all events with monster expectations, the actual did not live up to the hype. I know, 2008 had that historic election thing going for it. But am I alone in wishing said election had taken place in March? Can't we do something about that what with all the Internets and the robocalls and such?
I remember lamenting, somewhere around November 2006, that we were going to get McCain v. Edwards in 2008. Turns out I was half right, even though for a while the prospect of Giuliani v. Clinton looked like an inevitability. I still don't know how McCain got in there. Hell, I'm not 100% sure how Obama took out Hilary. All I know is that the players changed but the rhetoric remained the same. So I was kinda sorta completely right. Even though I wish I wasn't.
Once again, I think we did a phenomenal job of covering the year, piece by piece, facet by facet, and put it all together in a collection you're definitely not going to see anywhere else. It's the straight-up account from those who were at the party, with no ulterior motive or axe to grind. I'm proud of the fact that we did a whole series, a first for us, on the run-up to the election and only handful of pieces around it, all of them solid takes filled with creamy, delicious truth. Plus a little cynicism.
In 2008, the world got more mobile, more digital, more instant gratification, so it should surprise no one that in 2008 we at Intrepid Media made the move to the printed word. Sure, it may look like we're talking a step back into the 20th century (a phrase that sounds less and less ironic with each passing year, by the way), but what we're really doing is buying low in anticipation of selling high. Today's paperback is tomorrow's iPhone – which was really just yesterday's Kindle.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that whole downer of the implosion of the financial markets. We nailed that too, right between the eyes, at the beginning and the end of December.
This is a great book and an historic document, and it tells the story of 2008 in a unique way. So now that I've built up the expectations, feel free to gauge it against the hype.
Joe Procopio
Publisher/Founder
Intrepid Media
www.intrepidmedia.com
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GREAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN TODAY - AVAILABLE NOW!
Great Things Will Happen Today: The Intepid Media 2008 Collection is now available in first edition paperback or free eBook. It's a look at the last year like no other -- funny, biting, witty, insightful, thoughtful -- the best of Intrepid Media from a historic year in a historic edition. Help the cause of writers everywhere by joining the Intrepid Media/Lulu partnership and then downloading the free eBook version. Of course, if you buy a book, that's even better. Check out the official book site for previews, discounts, and more.
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