The Best Vegan Stuff from Amazon.com

Hey Everyone,

I've just put together seven different pages collecting the very best vegan books, food, vitamin supplements, and lifestyle items available from Amazon.com:

• Vegan Books


• Vegan Cookbooks


• Vegan Diets


• Vegan Groceries


• Vegan Supplements


• Vegan Personal Care


• Kitchenware

You can bookmark any of the above pages for future reference. Or just visit Vegan.com, and you'll find these links atop the site's right column.

I am confident that these pages will help you find some great new products, and get the most out of what the vegan world has to offer. And, of course, everything sold through our Amazon.com links generates commissions that allow me to keep updating and improving Vegan.com.

That's all for now. I hope your new year is off to a great start. If you're not yet a member of our Facebook fan page, I hope to see you there!

-Erik

Meat Market Book Club

Hey everyone,

Another of my infrequent Vegan.com updates. I'm writing this time mostly to let you know that I've started a Meat Market book discussion club at GoodReads.com. We've got about a hundred totally dedicated activists onboard already, and I would love for you to join in. The club runs through December 21st, 2010.

I continue to spend hours every weekday blogging at Vegan.com. If it's been a while since you stopped by, I hope you'll consider subscribing to our email or RSS feed so that you can stay up-to-date on all the latest vegan and farmed animal oriented news.

And finally, I'm in the middle of our holiday donation drive for Vegan.com. If you enjoy all the stuff the site makes available, I hope you'll take this opportunity to generously show your support.

All the best,
Erik Marcus

Big Changes at Vegan.com

Hey Everyone,

It's been a good six months since my last update to this email list, but a lot has gone on in that time.

First of all, I did a total rethink of Vegan.com's front page. For the past two years, the page has featured my personal blog. But I decided that, for whatever its charms, my blog wasn't the best first thing to show an aspiring vegan.

So I demoted my blog to a secondary page, and redesigned the front page around some introductory material that I think is perfect for people wanting to learn about veganism. The centerpiece to this new front page is a link to the full text of my book, The Ultimate Vegan Guide.

I decided that since this book is so useful to new vegans, I ought to make its complete text available for free at Vegan.com. So I went ahead and did just that. The response has been wonderfully encouraging: the online version of the book now attracts about a hundred readers every day.

I hope you'll keep Vegan.com in mind when talking to potential vegans. With the changes I've made, it may well be the best place to send someone who is interested in the lifestyle.

So that's about it for now. I'll be back in touch later this month with details of my upcoming book club for my book Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, & Money.

I hope you'll check out the site's new front page, and give my Ultimate Vegan Guide a read if you haven't already done so. I'd love to know what you think. And if you aren't yet a reader of my daily Vegan.com blog, I hope you'll check that out as well.

Thanks for all your interest in my work, and I hope you're having a wonderful autumn.

-Erik Marcus

Vegan On the Cheap Giveaway and Facebook Like Buttons

Hello again—

Just a quick note to let you know that on Friday, May seventh I'll be drawing five winners of Robin Robertson's great new cookbook, Vegan On the Cheap. Details and a link to enter here:

http://www.vegan.com/blog/2010/05/03/win-a-copy-of-vegan-on-the-cheap/

If you haven't checked out my Vegan.com blog in a while, please give it a look. I'm constantly hearing from people who tell me that it's a big help to keeping them engaged in all things vegan.

Finally, I've just added a feature that makes a Facebook "Like" button appear beneath each Vegan.com blog entry. This is the perfect way to share with your friends and family the stories that most interest you, without ever coming across as pushy. The best part is clicking the Like button takes less than a second, and doing so publicizes the story to all your Facebook friends. And speaking of Facebook, be sure to check out the Vegan.com fan page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vegancom/75326546871?ref=ts

I've got more stuff in the works at Vegan.com that I look forward to announcing soon. Thanks so much for being part of this notification list.

-Erik Marcus

The Year in Meat: 2009

As 2009 drew to a close, I decided to write an article summarizing my entire year of blogging. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. After two weeks of nonstop work, I present "The Year in Meat: 2009." Since it's more than 5000 words long, I've created a typeset PDF for easy printing, and I've also coded an HTML version.

Reading this article is likely the best way to quickly get up to speed on everything that's happened in 2009 related to animal agribusiness and vegetarianism. I think this piece makes clear that, amazingly enough, the animal protection movement is actually moving us somewhere; and quickly.

While I think this document will prove uniquely helpful to many, this project was such a large undertaking there's no way I can contemplate doing it again next year unless this piece gets widely read. So please: post this to your Facebook page, tweet a link to it, and email a link to friends and family who might find it of interest. If you're able to promote it in some small or large way, please let me know so I can thank you. I really need your help in getting this piece out there and seen by many; I think it has the potential to get a ton of people inspired and engaged.

A heartfelt thanks to Paul Shapiro and Josh Balk for closely reading a draft, and offering numerous suggestions that greatly improved the finished piece. Plus a big shout-out to Princess Rachel for final copyedits. Link.

Vegan.com Facelift and Jonathan Safran Foer Podcast

I've got a couple exciting Vegan.com updates. First, earlier this month, the site got a long-overdue facelift. I hope you enjoy the clean, clutter-free look, and the improved typography.

Second, Jonathan Safran Foer, author of the must-have book Eating Animals, was kind enough to do a 42 minute podcast with me. Jonathan's appearance on my podcast gave me the opportunity to ask him questions he doesn't face when talking to mainstream media. The bulk of our conversation was devoted to discussing approaches for engaging people in reexamining their food choices. If you're somebody who wants to be a more persuasive advocate, I think you'll find this interview of great interest.

Finally, if you aren't yet a reader of my daily blog on Vegan.com, I hope you'll give it a look, and consider subscribing by RSS or email. And, if you haven't done so yet, please consider joining our community at the Vegan.com Facebook Fan Page.

Robin Robertson's Vegan.com 2009 Thanksgiving Feast and Book Giveaway

Vegan.com has something really special for you this Thanksgiving, a complete set of vegan Thanksgiving recipes from bestselling cookbook author Robin Robertson.

Most of these recipes are sourced from Robin's brand new 1,000 Vegan Recipes cookbook. To celebrate the release of this exciting book, we're giving away five copies to Vegan.com readers. This is a beautiful 600-page hardcover edition, and it's sure to become one of your very favorite cookbooks. To enter, just visit this page. Drawing is open to USA residents only and will be held at noon Pacific on Tuesday November 17, 2009.

Since my last announcement to this list almost a year ago, I've started a Vegan.com Facebook Fan Page, as well as a Vegan.com twitter account. Please join the fan page and follow me on Twitter.

I'm working constantly to improve Vegan.com, so if you haven't checked it out lately please give my daily blog a look. I'll be rolling out some great new stuff later this month, so stay tuned!