I would note that this is, indeed, a very common move done in DC. I would also note that many of these copies end up in, e.g., Little Free Libraries and at the Goodwill. (For example, I currently downstairs have a copy of the President of Microsoft’s Board’s book with literally still the letter inside saying “Dear Congressman XYZ, I hope you enjoy my book...”)
I am not opposed to MIRI doing this, but just want to flag that this is a regular move in DC. (Which might mean you should absolutely do it since it has survivorship bias as a good lindy idea! Just saying it ain’t, like, a brand new strat.)
Sincere request that Anthropic work with Reed to bring Person of Interest back to Netflix and give it the Suits promotional push this summer. (I am not kidding. I mean this, actually.)