You’ve heard a lot about Van Jones’ The Green Collar Economy lately.

On Tuesday, the book reached #17 overall on Amazon, was the #2 bestselling nonfiction book, #2 conservation book, and the #1 book on economic conditions in the country. It also made it to #1 overall on Powells.com, a large independent, unionized bookstore (currently it’s #3). All of this happened without the big advertising dollars and media dominance of books like Harry Potter, Sarah Palin’s new book, and Bill O’Reilly. Instead thousands of grassroots activists and supporters of Van’s work bought the book and spread the word to their friends and colleagues via phone calls, emails, Facebook, blog posts, and word of mouth. The idea that a book could make it to the Top 20 on Amazon via grassroots tactics is incredible. But, it’s not over yet.

We still have an outside chance of reaching the New York Times bestsellers list in the book’s first week (by next Tuesday). Please order the book help us to get the word out in the coming days!

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