Great news!

As you may have noticed, your copies of the book are shipping out this week! Don’t forget to confirm your address. 

If you are among those backers outside of North America, your package will take a little longer. But it will get to your door eventually. 

For supporters and friends of Trekonomics on the West Coast, save the following dates: 

• In Los Angeles: reading and signing at Skylights Books in Los Feliz (1818 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027), Saturday June 4th 2016 at 5:00 PM. The one and only Chris Black (Mad Men, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Outcast etc...) will introduce the book. 
  

• In the Bay Area: Prof. Brad DeLong has tentatively agreed to join us from Starfleet Academy (aka Berkeley) to discuss all things Trekonomics at Books Inc. Berkeley (1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley 94704) on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM.

I hope to see you there! 

There will be more events announced shortly. 

Live Long, and Prosper.

Manu

PS: the meantime, here is a picture of the book in its final, bookstore-ready form:

Here is an update about Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir, coming out in November 2016.

COVER: we have chosen the final cover design. I’m excited about how it looks, and will show it to you in a (near) future update. In the meanwhile, special thanks to Emily Davis McCollum, whose painting of Miriam’s House is featured.

MANUSCRIPT: I am now reviewing the second copy-edit and trying not to let myself realize that when I send it back, the book will be beyond the reach of my obsessive re-readings for making changes and finding mistakes. Gulp.

MARKETING: Inkshares has the book in the fall catalog soon to be promoted by sales staff to bookstores around the country.

PRE-ORDERS: I have not been seeking pre-orders since hitting 750, but will rev up my efforts once the cover is finalized. 

IF YOU WANT TO PROMOTE NOWHERE ELSE I WANT TO BE:

  1. Post this update to Facebook with a comment recommending it to particular friends.

  2. Email the link to my author page (below) to friends, family, colleagues and people who are interested in social justice, AIDS, and women’s and race issues.

  3. Tell your favorite bookstores about it: they can order it wholesale through Ingram IPS or the Inkshares Fall List.

  3. Order extra copies and get a head start on your Christmas 2016 shopping. 

Thanks, everyone, and Happy Spring!

Carol

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With only a few days left until my son is born (hours if he comes early) and Mr. Butler’s revision stages being not quite complete, I expect to submit the manuscript in June. I just wanted to let you all know this in advance. It is a realistic goal, and I am growing more and more proud of the book as days progress. Mr. Butler’s tale has blossomed into something far greater than originally envisioned. I’ve pulled together the most brutal band of beta readers I could find, and once I get chapters back from them I will post revised chapters on here for your perusal. Thank you for hanging in there, everybody. 

In the meantime, I’ve done something that is a little bit on the crazy side, or if you know me, I’ve done something fairly expected. 

I just put another book on here for funding. This one is called "An Adventure With Dada," and it’s a foul-mouthed first-person dark comedy adventure that is complete, it just needs to be pulled out of first-draft stage and into a nice, polished manuscript to be submitted to a publisher. This book has already passed through the test of my wife reading it and enjoying it. She had some critique to give, but nothing unmanageable. My wife is not a bullshitter, so if she says it’s good, then it’s good. I don’t mean to be cocky by putting another book on here or anything. In fact, I meant to place it up as a draft but apparently hit the wrong button, and when I couldn’t find the button to revert my action, I just thought "what the hell...I really like this story, so let’s give it a shot." It is quite different from Mr. Butler...not sci-fi at all. It’s a story grown from my wife’s one-time fear from when I used to tie our dogs to our daughter’s jogging stroller. She worried that they would run off with her in some sort of deranged sleigh ride, and "An Adventure With Dada" supposes this scenario to be real. The book is finished, and I would love to see it hit quill...so feel free to check it out and pre-order over here: https://www.inkshares.com/books/an-adventure-with-dada?referral_code=26dce7a3

More to come, but it’s time to write. Thank you all for your support. Much love and happiness to all.

-Michael/Dada