Giveway--Obama's Blackberry

No, it's not the real device, but thanks to the nice folks at the Hachette Book group, I have five copies of this new publication to giveaway. The rules are simple, and I'll draw the names on June 7th. Think you're interested? Here's the blurb from Hachette (I haven't read it yet myself, but will post a review as soon as I get my review copy):

When Obama stated that if elected, he would keep his Blackberry, debate echoed through Washington and among the ranks of the Secret Service. What would it be like to have a president who could Twitter, send text messages, and navigate the web with ease? What would it be like to receive a text message from inside the Oval Office and, most importantly, what would it say? Now, for the first time, We The People are privy to our new leader's epistolary back-and-forths on his wily hand-held device. We're about to discover that his emails (and the replies, from his wife and daughters, Biden, Palen, Rush, Hannity, the new first puppy, and even Bush) are so tuned in to the language of electronic correspondence they come hilariously close to the brink of legibility.

This giftable, imagined glimpse into Obama's beloved Blackberry traverses the mundane and momentous contours of the Commander in Chief's life, from security briefings to spam, basketball practice to domestic bliss, and the panic of oops-I-hit-reply-all, to, of course, the trauma of dealing with the First Mother In Law.

To wit: BidenMyTime: Hey U, whatcha doin? BARACKO: M rly busy BidenMyTime: Right :( Can I lv at 4:45

So here's how to enter: Leave a comment below. Please make sure to leave your e-mail address if not visible in your blogger profile. For extra entries, you can do one or all of the following - please leave a separate comment for each:

• tell me what was the last book you enjoyed reading;
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• subscribe to my feed by e-mail (see subscribe button at the bottom);
• blog about this giveaway linking to this post and get 2 entries;
• email three people about this giveaway and copy me

The deadline to enter is June 6, 2009, 11:59pm EST. I'll select the five winners randomly and notify you by email. If you don't acknowledge within 72 hours, I'll draw another winner. Sorry, but this is open only to residents of U.S. or Canada. No P.O. box addresses, please. One book per person. Winners will receive their prizes directly from Hachette Book Group. Good luck!