Joe Biden's "American Promise Tour" Nov.-Dec. 2017

[Tanuki]

https://us.macmillan.com/static/fib/joe-biden/

BOOK TOUR 

An intimate memoir from the vice president that reveals the most momentous year in the more than forty-five he has spent in public life. Not just a recounting by a politician,Promise Me, Dad is a personal story from a father, grandfather, husband, and friend as he confronts the inevitability of devastating personal loss, while trying to balance his duty to his family and his country.


Each ticket includes a copy of Joe Biden’s forthcoming memoir,Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.

November 13, 2017NEW YORK, NYLincoln Center
November 15, 2017PHILADELPHIA, PAKimmel Center Academy of Music
November 17, 2017WASHINGTON, DCWarner Theatre
November 18, 2017MIAMI, FLMiami Book Fair
November 19, 2017NASHVILLE, TNSchermerhorn Symphony Center
November 20, 2017SCHENECTADY, NYProctors
November 25, 2017NANTUCKET, MAMary P. Walker Auditorium
November 27, 2017WESTBURY, NYNYCB Theatre at Westbury
November 30, 2017PORTLAND, ORArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
December 2, 2017DENVER, COParamount Theatre
December 3, 2017SEATTLE, WABenaroya Hall
December 4, 2017BOSTON, MAWilbur Theatre
December 7, 2017HOUSTON, TXSmart Financial Centre
December 8, 2017AUSTIN, TXParamount Theatre
December 9, 2017MINNEAPOLIS, MNOrpheum Theatre
December 10, 2017MADISON, WIOrpheum Theater
December 11, 2017CHICAGO, ILChicago Theatre
December 13, 2017ANN ARBOR, MIMichigan Theater
December 14, 2017ASHEVILLE, NCThomas Wolfe

[lapucelle]

1. The ticket-with-book

book tour has proven effective for sales. I'm not sure I like the monetizing of a message.

[Tanuki]

2. I don't begrudge him the opportunity to make some money from his book.

This seems pretty egalitarian, as opposed to the ways in which others leverage their fame. I was pleased to see that his tour includes Nashville and may go hear him. This would be the only opportunity many people would ever have to hear him speak.

[lapucelle]

4. I don't begrudge Mr. Biden an opportunity

to make some money from a book.

"This would be the only opportunity many people would ever have to hear him speak."

You're probably correct about this. I would, however, caution that "many people" only includes those "many people" with sufficient disposable income to afford the book.

[AJT]

3. So glad he's going to be in Madison.