I just got the official announcement from Powell’s . . .
Turns out that WWdN readers have sent Dancing Barefoot to the top of the Literature and Sci-Fi charts!!!
And, as if that wasn’t exciting enough . . . because of you guys, Powell’s is completely sold out!!
Now, the great thing is, Powell’s is a member of the Booksense network of Independent bookstores, and they will report this great sales information to other Booksense members. This significantly increases the odds of other Booksense members carrying my book, or having me come to their stores for signings.
Dancing Barefoot would not exist without my lame website. My lame website would not exist without the people who read it . . . and the sales of Dancing Barefoot would be nothing without your support.
So please accept this enormous thank you, from the bottom of my geeky heart. 🙂
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Congratulations. Glad the book is selling so well.
Congratulations, Herve!
If anyone deserves this success, it’s you.
Holy crap. Top of the lit list. Congratulations.
yeees wil, you are very welcome :P, now just head on over to http://www.poserxxl.com and give me a hit so i can say i was hit by wil wheaton. only to have people say, who is wil wheaton?
YAY! Geeky love all around!
Congrats 🙂
Great job, Wil…and now you’ve got us all ‘salivating’ for J.A.G…..
LeeB
Congrats Wil! That’s fabulous!
Just awesome!
Looks like I’m going to have to wait for the second printing, damn!
Very cool….checked out the list of independent bookstores in Madison, WI and a few of them have had signings by Michael Moore, Bruce Campbell, and some other cool people in the past. Hopefully you’ll be added to the list because you really need to get to Madison!
Oh my, PLEEESE come to Madison, WI!!! It was the original home of the ONION, after all!! We would take very good care of you and your book! (and wouldn’t even make you wear a cheese head hat…unless you wanted to, that is).
Yeah, can’t say I’m surprised. Completely ecstatic, yes, but not a bit surprised. Congratulations, Wil, you’ve earned this. Just think what will happen when JAG is released.
Right on & congrats.
Always happy to help. You keep writing, we’ll keep reading. Deal?
I strongly object to the word ‘lame’ when describing this site.
Way to go Will. I can’t wait for the second printing so I can read the book which started this wonderful news.
Congrats man! I bet I got one of the last Powell’s copies!
Oh, by the way, it looks like you forgot to close a Strike on the page, check towards the bottom, you done struck out the whole darn thing 🙂
Congrads Wil,
Maybe now it’ll be easier to get in the UK, without borrowing someone elses credit card!
Are you ever thinking of coming over to the UK to say hi to us Brits. We don’t bite (much!)
Spike
2.44am GMT
26.11.03
Any chance some of those booksellers are in Florida? 🙂
Great to hear the good news Will. Now my only hope at this point is for your book to hit big, because I can’t find a copy of it anywhere!
Oh and I was the first one to bid on the second Autographed Ebay book and the first one to be outbid to. I never have luck with Ebay!
Continued success (sp?) and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
-Matt W.
Wil, if by “lame” you mean “interesting, touching, funny, enthralling, and has a nice color scheme” then Three Cheers for your lame website!!
Otherwise, I have no idea what you’re talking about. 🙂
AWWW!!! Congratulations! I was really hoping to get a copy of your book for christmas too…I just hope someone bought it for me before it was too late! Good job though! I’m proud of you! 🙂
im always happy to be of assistance.
congrats wil…. you DO deserve this!
jeannette
Way to go Mr. Hamil.
May your X-Fighters never go without an R2 unit.
Why shouldn’t it be at the top of the list – it’s a good read!
Soon as I have some cash I will join everyone else in the reading of your *lame* books. I am guessing they are interesting and that is why they get sold out….:)
Beth
Woohoo! I purchased one of the last copies from Powell’s!! I rawk!
“…other Booksense members…having me come to their store for signings”?
(Erbo begins chanting prayerfully)
Tattered Cover bookstore, Denver, Colorado…
Tattered Cover bookstore, Denver, Colorado…
Tattered Cover bookstore, Denver, Colorado…
(When the cops wanted to subpoena someone’s book-purchasing records in a drug case, TC owner Joyce Meskis fought it all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court…and won. I can’t imagine Borders, B&N, or Amazon.com having the balls to stand up to The Man like that, but TC has no qualms about standing up for its customers’ First Amendment rights. That’s a good reason for you to pick them, Wil, should your future book tour take you near to the Rocky Mountains…)
Anyway, should I quit chanting and organize a petition drive or something?
Congrats, Wil!!
I’m glad my copy has already shipped. I got my order in just in time!:)
Hey come out to colorado with your next book, please!
Congratulations, Wil! :^) ((group hug)) You deserve the great success of your book sales because you did not give up when the going got tough.
By the way, your website is not lame! (Banish that thought!)
Have a nice Thanksgiving, everyone!
P.S.
You’re always welcomed back in Hawaii!
hey wil, great news about the book!! thats great news!! hope the nest issueing (is that actually a word? if not it should be!!!!) will be just as good, if not better!! YEY…well, done again, and can’t wait for JAG either!!
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rach
That’s great Wil! I would love to read it but I am still waiting for my autographed copy! 🙂
As a matter of fact, Megan, Nolan helped me pack up the remaining books tonight. I know yours was there because he liked your name. 🙂
It will hit the post office first thing in the morning!
That sounds great! Now, I’m just wondering if I can get ahold of said book all the way over in Australia.
Wow! I’m impressed!! You beat out “Life of Pi”!! Great job!
Congratulations!!! Come up to the Puget Sound area , sign some books up here, please
and this EPIC thing….. So are babies involved???
Well whatever it is good luck
Hey, look at all the fellow Coloradoans!!
*waves*
Gee, I’ve never been thanked by a celebrity.
*blush*
Congratulations, Wil! It’s only a matter of time before you hit the New York Times’ Best Sellers’ List!!
Wil, congratulations. I’m very happy for you. Your book is awesome and I hope everything else you do in the future will be just as successful. You deserve it. We all support you and are all proud of you.
Thank Wil, and Nolan! I will look out for it in the mail!
“What are the good things in life Conan?”
“Crush your enemies (Rick Berman), see them scatter before you (Die Wesley Die pricks), and hear the lamentations of their women (their women)”
You rule Wheaton and are a continuing inspration to me as a writer. Way to go.
Sean
Wil,
Great job on that book. You seem to love creating a book. Keep it up.
FG
Fine! I WON’T drop in to Powells and pick it up, then! But congratulations anyhow, geeky.
Congrats Wil!!
I was one of those luck souls able to grab a copy from Powell’s. Now, I just have to wait weeks before it gets here.
Chris
I’m in awe but not complete surprise.
You beat out not just ONE but TWO Neil Gaiman books and a King book on the Sci-fi list at Powells!!!
Have a great turkey day.. get stuff’d!
-MKF
That’s hilarious. Two Chris B’s buy Wil’s book this weekend from Powell’s.
I hadn’t bought it yet, and put it on my Christmas list. But once Wil mentioned the Powell’s link and the number of copies started to dwindle, I yanked it off my list and went ahead and bought it.
And, man, they were selling fast this weekend. I thought I might have missed my chance until I got the email shipping confirmation today.
Congrats Wil!
Drat! I was going to be at Powell’s this weekend and was hoping to snag a copy! Curse this small printing! 🙂
Congrats, Wil, and you’d better make sure that second printing is a big one!
hey, just joining the group hug.
I promise to drink (at least one) Guinness in celebration of DB selling out.
Congrats Wil, that’s wonderful news indeed!
Wil, 3 words, “love ya Wil”, – fantastic! You bring a light into my life every morning when I log on at work.
no more need be said!
Geoff oo (ie hugs)
No,no, Thank you Wil! If you hadn’t returned my husbands email request of where to get a copy I would not be anxiously awaiting my own copy of DB, from said Powells. Woohoo! You are so cool! And congratulations! Can’t wait until JAG hits #1!