T minus 15 and FREE BOOKS!

Just 15 days till the July 11th launch, and it's all starting to feel very real. I'm not prone to excitement, but...okay, just this once.

This morning I gave a speech in New Orleans at the American Library Association annual conference, which was a delight, not just because it's a fascinating exercise to apply the Long Tail to libraries (the book part of my presentation, minus design frills, is here) but also because it was such a receptive audience. Standing-room-only crowd, great questions, sold-out book table.

(As an aside, seeing New Orleans in person was sobering. I had foolishly thought that it was well on its way to reconstruction. Not even close. Burned out stores, ripped-off roofs and empty, shattered neighborhoods are everywhere.)

Now I've just arrived in Ann Arbor to speak at Borders tomorrow. Then back to San Francisco for meetings on Wed, to Seattle on Thus to speak at Amazon, and then to San Diego on Friday to pick up my nine-year-old from AstroCamp. Then on Saturday I'm off to London for the first leg of the book tour proper (I'll post the full London schedule in a day or two).

But I've saved the best news for last. My publisher has given me 100 copies to GIVE AWAY. Here's the deal: I'll give them to the first 100 bloggers who would like to review it. Just email me at canderson@wiredmag.com with your blog URL, snail mail address, and the subject line "Review Copy". They'll be sent out by the end of the week.

UPDATE (two hours later): twenty have gone, eighty still available. Yes, I will happily send them to international addresses. There are no guidelines on your review, which can be as long or short as you want. Just email me the URL when you post.

UPDATE2 (eight hours later): As of 6/27: 9:30am EST ninety-five have gone, and there are just five left. Note this is only for bloggers--you must include your blog URL. If you got in under the wire we'll send you email confirmation today, and you should get the book next week.

UPDATE3: 10:30 EST. Okay, lesson one: don't post the original offer at 11:00PM EST if you're hoping for an equal balance between US and non-US bloggers. Because I put people in the US at a time-zone disadvantage, I'm going to slightly change the rules. The first 50 non-US bloggers will get one (those are now all taken), as will the first 50 US bloggers. That means that I've got ten more for US bloggers. Move fast!

UPDATE4: Well, that was fast. We've hit our number, and I'm out. Many thanks to all who emailed; you'll get confirmation in the next 24 hours. At this point the remaining review copies are reserved for the press (if you are press, email me with a subject line of "Press Review Copy" and I'll forward it to the right department at my publisher).

Comments

[Jessica]

Send me a copy please, would love to buy one if nothing else!

[Pip]

Will you be speaking in San Diego?

[Griffin Caprio]

How do we know if we've been accepted?

[Lucas Murtinho]

Don't know if my blog will be eligible, since I usually write in Portuguese. But I'd be happy to change languages for a free book - especially this one, that is taking a little too long to hit the shelves.

[bill]

Yeah, how do we know if we've been accepted? Any possibility of an email reply?

[Eric]

This is one of the greatest ways to get some buzz - hope I made the cut.

[Grant Henninger]

While free things are all well and good, there is a much more important subject to be address in this post: reminiscing about my childhood. AstroCamp was an awesome experience when I was in elementary school, and I'm sure your nine-year-old had an awesome time. I remember one night we all acted out plays, and I based mine off of Calvin and Hobbes, people made fun of me for it (because children are cruel like that) but I know my play was awesome.

For future summers I would recommend the Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI), which is somehow related to AstroCamp, and of course Space Camp and Space Academy. I had great experiences at all of these places, and if your progeny is anything like you seem from your blog and your work, I'm sure they would have a great time at these places too.

[David]

I'd rather pay for mine, to help the Long Tail economy :)

Looking forward to reading the book!

[David]

Oh, I almost forgot. I do want mine autographed of course. When are you coming to L.A.?

[Ben Schwartz]

As the person who introduced Chris and his son to AstroCamp in the first place, it's great to see another AstroCamper. I look forward to hearing about the Andersonling's adventures in Idyllwild when he returns.

Ben

[Richard Akerman]

Maybe you should suggest a tag for reviews, e.g. longtailreview ?

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