Mapes rolls with success of 'Pedaling Revolution'
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
National Bike Summit, spent
four years working on the book.
(Photos © J. Maus)
Author and reporter Jeff Mapes is living the first-time authors' dream. His book, Pedaling Revolution, is winning popular and critical acclaim, he has become a sought-after speaker, and it is selling at an unexpectedly brisk pace.
Last week, the book found its way into the prestigious Sunday Book Review of the New York Times where it was reviewed by none other than bike-lover and musician David Byrne (who's coming out with his own bike book this fall). Byrne, not surprisingly, sang the book's praises.
After just three months since it was released, the book's publisher, Oregon State University Press, is already calling it "a smashing success." OSU Press Associate Director Tom Booth told me yesterday that the book is their fastest-selling title ever. (more...)
