Ken’s Twitter Feed

fitzwillie@drkiki aw shoot! Will do for sure:)
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drkiki@fitzwillie @makerfaire unfortunately,no:( make and be awesome!
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LeftyJr107“fitzwillie:"Adam Savage’s Quest to Build a Replica Gun From The Fifth Element" http://t.co/jsmqaoZR” @Quellek3
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fscott24@fitzwillie As I will be at @makerfaire on Sat,where &what will you be giving away?
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fitzwillie@Brickscientist He's 15 years old. He stays home and sleepts.
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On the Front of Amazon Books!

OMG!

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)

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/

“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!

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 [...]

A Plug in Publishers Weekly

Saw this in my Google Alerts today from Publishers Weekly. Looks like the PR bandwidth is ramping up:

Also along “awesome” lines is Geek Dad:Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share (May) by Ken Denmead,writer of Wired’s popular blog of the same name. According to Gotham/Avery editorial director Megan [...]

First GeekDad Book Signing ScheduledFirst GeekDad Book Signing Scheduled

It’s important to do it yourself sometimes,so this weekend with family in tow,I walked into our local Borders Books. “Hello,I have a book coming out,”I said to a woman who was aptly named Joy. She was totally enthusiastic to get me signed up,and so I will be holding my [...]