I had a signing yesterday at the Barnes & Noble in Vestal, NY, which drew a smallish crowd mostly of friends and family. SteelyKid came, of course, and while she spent most of her time bopping about other parts of the store, she came over to the signing area while I was signing books for… Continue reading Science Fantastic, Sales by SteelyKid
Category: Publicity
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog On the Radio and in Vestal, NY
The quick publicity items for this weekend: 1) I will be on the Science Fantastic radio show either Saturday or Sunday, depending on when your local affiliate runs it (or when you choose to livestream it over the Internet). The interview has already been recorded, which leaves me free for: 2) I will be signing… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog On the Radio and in Vestal, NY
How to Have My Dog Teach You Physics
“Hey, dude,” the dog says, looking concerned. “We need to talk.” “Yeah? What’s up?” “Look, it’s great that you’re transcribing the human puppy’s stories into Twitter and all, but I’m feeling left out. I’ve got my own Twitter account and all, but you hardly ever type any of my tweets any more. I have to… Continue reading How to Have My Dog Teach You Physics
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog Publicity Update
A couple of cool items in the promotion of How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog: — A little while back, I spoke to Alan Boyle, who writes the Cosmic Log blog for MSNBC, who posted a very nice story about the book last night. Mainstream media, baby! It also uses this very cool picture… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog Publicity Update
Dog Physics on the Radio
I’ve done a bunch of publicity stuff for How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, some of which frustratingly continue to not appear yet, but one thing from this week has gone live: a podcast interview on the Matt Lewis Show, where I talk about why and how I explain physics to the dog, and… Continue reading Dog Physics on the Radio
Calling London: Teaching Relativity to Your Dog on the Radio
The new book is out, which means it’s time for lots of promotional efforts and links to radio shows and news articles and that sort of thing. Such as this one: I’ll be talking about relativity and dog physics tomorrow night, Wednesday the 7th, on the Big Science radio program(me) at 9pm London time (in… Continue reading Calling London: Teaching Relativity to Your Dog on the Radio
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog in Nature Physics
The Subject: header pretty much says it all: How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is reviewed in Nature Physics. I am inordinately pleased with the existence of this– not because I expect it to sell a significant number of books, but because a serious technical publication recognized it as worth writing up, despite the… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog in Nature Physics
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog: The Big Idea
I’m home with The Pip today, so no extended typing for me, but I pre[ared for this by typing something up ahead of time, and getting John Scalzi to post it for me, as part of his Big Idea series: In a way, a book about Einstein’s theory of relativity is uniquely suited to a… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog: The Big Idea
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is Officially Out Today
The Pip says, “Hi, folks. My daddy’s book is released today, and he’s shameless enough to use me to promote it:” “I can’t read it yet, because I’m just a baby, but I can report that it was very satisfying to drool on. So you should definitely buy a copy, maybe two.” “Also, dig the… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is Officially Out Today
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog in the Washington Post
If you’re allergic to hype, you might want to tune this blog out for the next couple of days, because How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is officially released tomorrow, so it’s all I’m going to talk about for a little while. Because, well, I’m pretty excited. And tonight’s exciting finding is that it’s… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog in the Washington Post