A P.R. CAMPAIGN SO VAST: Just checked my mailbox and found not one, but two sample copies of Eric Alterman’s book in my afternoon mail — one with a return address from HarperCollins, and one from Perseus. Weird.

Is this proof of a vast, interconnected liberal-publishing conspiracy? I report, you decide.

Note to Alterman: hope they’re not charging these against your royalties. . . .