Another day, another Sarah Palin article. This time, it's about Palin's new book, "America by Heart." The conflict arose last week when Gawker, a website, posted exerpts of her book without consent. Her book, which is scheduled to be released tomorrow, is expected to be a hit based on her popularity after the elections. She also released a sneak peek on her Facebook this week to help promote the book. While the book is mostly about her new fame, it doesn't steer away from her political views.

"But maybe I can think of a sadder prospect: Tripp and our other grandchildren spending their whole lives working to pay off the irresponsible debt we have accumulated and are about to leave to them."

That's just one excerpt, which clearly has political sentiments in it. Since then, she released a few more, less political excerpts as well as some more uplifting ones. I think that this article is an example of free media, but also shows how social media can help to promote ones cause. Palin has the right idea by using Facebook, which has more than 500 million viewers, and he fan page has almost 2.5 million viewers. That's 2.5 million viewers who she is promoting to, to ultimately receive more free media.


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/22/palin-releases-excerpts-of-america-by-heart-3/