▁book . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁and ▁market ing ▁Two ▁weeks ▁before ▁its ▁release ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁an ▁ex cer pt ▁was ▁printed ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail . ▁Gre yst one ▁Books , ▁the ▁V ancouver ▁division ▁of ▁Douglas ▁& ▁Mc Int y re , ▁published ▁the ▁book . ▁The ▁book ▁tour ▁included ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 5 ▁stops ▁over ▁two ▁months ▁throughout ▁Canada . ▁Prom oted ▁by ▁the ▁publish ers ▁as ▁his ▁" final ▁book ▁tour " ▁and ▁label led ▁by ▁Su zu ki ▁as ▁his ▁" th ank - you ▁book ▁tour ", ▁it ▁began ▁in ▁Victoria , ▁British ▁Columbia , ▁and ▁included ▁stops ▁from ▁coast - to - co ast , ▁from ▁White hor se , ▁Y uk on , ▁to ▁New ▁Glasgow , ▁Nova ▁Scot ia . ▁Att ended ▁by ▁nearly ▁ 5 0 0 ▁people ▁at ▁each ▁event , ▁a ▁multimedia ▁sl ides how ▁with ▁personal ▁photos ▁and ▁videos ▁was ▁presented ▁by ▁Su zu ki . ▁The ▁publish ers ▁estimated ▁that ▁Su zu ki ▁signed ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁books ▁and ▁conducted ▁ 1 3 7 ▁media ▁inter views . ▁For ▁their ▁efforts ▁Douglas ▁& ▁Mc Int y re ▁and ▁Gre yst one ▁Books ▁were ▁awarded ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Canadian ▁Books ellers ▁Association ' s ▁Lib ris ▁Award ▁for ▁Mark eting ▁Ach iev ement ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁In ▁July , ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Allen ▁& ▁Un win