A couple of days ago I was on the train, headed to work, diligently reading my book, when a short man came walking through the car with a small stack of paper in his hands who was handing out pamphlets—one on each bench. He placed one down on the empty seat right next to me. [...]

Found an awesome new link this morning while working on the essay for the third New Acquisition pamphlet which is well underway after having to be postponed this fall. The link is from the New Orleans Public Library’s Pamphlet of the Month page. The one pamphlet in particular that caught my interest was An Outline [...]

We at New Acquisition have got lots of ideas about what we’d like to use as themes for future pamphlets, but we would love to hear your ideas. What topic do you think we should do for the next issue? (tell us in the comment box below)

A lot of people have been writing to point out that Rev. Billy over at the Church of Stop Shopping stole my idea . But I have to say, if he wants to dance his debt away and help the people do the same, more power to him! I think it sounds like a fine [...]

This September’s Brooklyn Rail featured a great interview with Adam Bellow, founder of The New Pamphleteer. What’s fascinating is that they founded the new pamphlet publishing venture with the aim of making it a going concern and searching for creative ways to not only distribute the work within the traditional publishing framework, but also to [...]