Until a few weeks ago, Towhey’s publishers had planned to release his much-anticipated book on Nov. 9, with advance excerpts running about four days earlier. Then, with news that another Ford book would hit shelves Oct. 29—this one by Toronto city councillor John Filion—they moved its publishing date up to Oct. 27.
That’s where Maclean’s scheduling considerations came in. Normally, the magazine would have run its pre-arranged excerpt five days in advance of the book’s release, on Oct. 22. It bumped up its publication to prevent it being buried in its post-election issue, which will be chock-a-block with federal political coverage.