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Pix From the Book Event at Paxton Gate in SF

Collection of great pictures from the Canon-sponsored Geek Dad book event at Paxton Gate in San Francisco. You might even see the author!

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Is This the Holy Grail? Geek Dad in Costco!

We knew they’d put in an order for books, but we hadn’t seen Geek Dad in any Costco’s. Well, now we’ve got evidence! (thanks to my father-in-law Bob for catching this!)

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Awesome Video by the Folks from Science Friday of the Balloon Project!

I seriously start tearing up when I watch this!

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I’m Going on a “Radio Tour!”

This Thursday morning, I’ll doing (what they call in “the biz”) a “radio tour.” This basically means I’ll be sitting at home, and every 15 minutes doing an interview on another radio show somewhere in America. Sounds glamorous, no?

Here’s the tentative schedule. If you happen to live in one of the affected areas, take [...]

On the Front of Amazon Books!

OMG!

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This week by the numbers.

Amazon:
#90 overall!
#1 in Home & Garden (because that’s where Crafts & Hobbies are)
#3 in Parenting & Families (“Shit my Dad Says” has the #1 & #2 spots there)
#5 in Science (don’t think I can knock the Atkins diet off)

American Booksellers Association
#31 in Paperback Nonfiction (unchanged from the prior week)

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GeekDad Book Mentioned in Red Tricycle

Popular west-coast localized parenting site Red Tricycle has included Geek Dad in a quick hit on books for dads for Father’s day: http://www.redtri.com/a-pair-of-fathers-day-books-built-for-fun/

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“Geek Dad” at Powell’s, as Snapped by Cory Doctorow

On Twitter yesterday, I saw Cory Doctorow (he of Boing Boing and many great bestselling novels) mention he’d be speaking at Powell’s that night, and asked him if he’d snap a picture of my book there if he saw it. Well, low and behold, he did! Thanks Cory!

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I’ll be at Borders in the Fremont Hub from 2-4pm Saturday, 5/8

If you’re in the Bay Area, stop by and say hello!

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Press Alert #1: Upcoming PR Stuff for 5/1 – 5/7

I’m going to try to do these regularly – weekly if warranted – so anyone who is interested can follow what’s happened with the book and where I’ll be popping up. Here are the press hits planned for next week as of right now:

Tuesday 5/4: The Absolutely Mindy Show on Sirius/XM’s Kids Place Live 1:00pm PT/4:00pm [...]