Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek — books

Missed out on Zach Weiner's Trial of the Clone kickstarter? We've got you!

Posted by Alexis Ohanian on

You missed out on this :( but it's OK, these books will be on sale soon! We're so happy with how well-received our kickstarter for Trial of the Clone was, but Zach kept hearing from people who missed out, so we we gave you all a second chance! Thanks for all the support and may the adventure you choose be a great one, or at least entertaining.

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Remarkable! Over 2000 backers on Kickstarter for our latest publication. Sneak Peek!

Posted by Alexis Ohanian on

This kickstarter has far exceeded all of our expectations. As promised, Zach has been unveiling bits of the story from Trial of the Clone and based on backer-feedback, chosen an adventure, of sorts, which we'll sum up thus far below: It's not too late to back this book and secure a copy for yourself or loved one! ACT 1 1 You are zero years old, suspended in a warm, moist sac. You've been sitting here happy and stupid for, if your marks on the wall are correct, approximately nine months.  Behind you, a slit of unbearable brightness appears and draws...

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Our latest publication, Trial of the Clone, is rocking kickstarter

Posted by Alexis Ohanian on

We've been floored by how well-received our fundraiser has gone so far. We've already reached the milestone for the Geek Celeb Audiobook; there will be a sequel if we hit $100,000! Help us make it happen. Even if you don't have the money to back this project, it would be a great service to Zach and breadpig if you simply spread the word. Thank you so much for already helping us get this funded (our goal was hit in about 8 hours!!) and helping both science (Zach's wife!) and the internet (non-sustainable portion of our publisher profits donated to Fight...

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The xkcd school in Laos is complete! Rejoice!

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With over 25,000 copies of xkcd: volume 0 sold so far, breadpig is thrilled to announce that the xkcd school is complete! Thanks to all of you who helped get us here.

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Step by step guide on how to publish a book

Posted by Alexis Ohanian on

Hopefully you've read part one about how breadpig made $53,000 in 3 months and thus come to the conclusion that you're interested in learning how a professional-grade book gets made. Also consider reading/sharing our tutorial on how we made LOLmagnetz (a tidy profit, too). And if you're planning on using this information to build a competing geeky book publisher (or magnet maker) to rival breadpig, more power to you!       1. Produce book content This is obviously a lot easier when, say, you're just assembling previously released comics, but a lot of thought goes into the flow of...

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