Waste

Sales Track Record: Hardcover plus e-book sold over 10,000 copies, even though it published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Media track record: Major reviews/feature coverage from the New York Times Book Review, New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal, and Smithsonian.
Credentials: Author’s reputation is sky-rocketing since the MacArthur award and major features; she was recently named to President Biden’s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
Speaking: Author speaks regularly on the topic on news programs, at universities and conferences, and will do more travel and publicity for the paperback edition as opportunities arise.
Blurbs: Hardcover edition garnered endorsements from Naomi Klein, Bernie Sanders, Al Gore, John Kerry, Jane Fonda, Regina Hall, William Barber, and more.
New material: The paperback edition will include new material in an afterword by Flowers.