H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

I’ve just some good news from my friend Jessica Pellien at Princeton University Press which I’m sure will be of interest to you:

Dear H.J.,

Greetings from snowy New Jersey. I am writing with a few tidbits of information about The Crossley ID Guide.

If you are headed to the Space Coast Bird Festival, stop by Princeton University Press’s booth. We are raffling off an advance copy of The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds with a pair of Nikon ProStaff ATB 8×25 Waterproof Binoculars! Visit booth 54 for details. And if you’re not lucky enough to be headed to Florida this week, I hope you will consider sharing news of this great giveaway with your friends, colleagues, and readers.

Some advance copies were shipped out last week. The Birdbooker Report shares a few early thoughts on the book:http://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2011/01/crossley-id-guide-eastern-birds.html

Joe Eaton at the Berkeley Daily Planet accuses us of using “four-letter birds”: http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2011-01-26/article/37186?headline=Four-letter-Birds

Lastly, we posted another video for Crossley Unplugged, this time on how to become a better birder:http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2011/01/27/richard-crossley-unplugged-becoming-a-better-birder/

We expect a shipment of The Crossley ID Guide next week so additional review copies will be available soon. Please let me know if you would like a copy.

Best,

Jessica

Jessica Pellien

Assistant Publicity Director

ePublicity Media Manager