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WIRED Review: “Sunken Treasure is full of gems”

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Sunken Treasure got a really nice review from Geekdad:

Wil Wheaton came up with just the right word to describe his new book, Sunken Treasure.  The subtitle is Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler, and sampler
is an excellent metaphor for what this small, sumptuous snack
represents. This is a variety box loaded with the delicious,
hand-crafted geeky confections Wil is so well known for, from sweet
'80s nostalgia filled with video arcades and Star Wars toys, to
affectionately snarky looks back upon his tenure on ST:TNG, and even a
few family stories with gooey centers full of win.

Wow, that's … awesome. Andrew and I thought we'd put together something cool and unique, but I never thought readers would like it this much. I think I did something right in the descriptions, too, because even though it's short — it's supposed to be short — people aren't complaining about that, which was a concern of mine. I wanted to make it very clear that this was a short collection, so people knew exactly what they were getting. So far, it appears that I've successfully done that, which makes me happy, because it was important to me.

If you picked up a copy of Sunken Treasure (thank you!) and you've written a review for your own blog, or you've written a review on its product page at Lulu (US Edition or World Edition), please let me know about it. I'd like to put all the reviews together in one place on my virtual bookshelf.

And now, a question from me to you: who wants a digital version? If enough people ask, I'll go ahead and make an eBook version available.

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62 thoughts on “WIRED Review: “Sunken Treasure is full of gems””

  1. samatwitch says:
    20 February, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    I’m looking forward to receiving – and reading – your book, Wil (even with the $31 price tag – I live in Canada). It’s apparently on its way, so I should have it some time next week. I really enjoy your blog – and tweets! 😉

  2. www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkEkhluzRQvz5Z28e8WoeNPFMP5AyqVGxU says:
    20 February, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Sorry Wil, I’m on the audio book bandwagon too. It adds a lot to hear you tell your own stories 🙂
    Will in Topeka

  3. Wil says:
    20 February, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    Wait. What? $31?
    How in the world did it cost you $31? That’s way, way, waaaayyyy too much for this book.

  4. samatwitch says:
    20 February, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    It was $10+ for shipping and handling (slow mail) and the rest was the low Canadian dollar (plus whatever the credit card company charges for exchange). 🙁 I would certainly prefer that more of that money was going to you, but I really do want to have a shiny copy to enjoy. I’ll bring it to Comic-Con in San Diego if you’re going to be there and try to fight my way through to get you to sign it. 😉

  5. www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnO-Srh5TrOq6WeHy_iyrE08ImYc3rWpa0 says:
    20 February, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Hi Wil, just wanted to drop you a link to a post I wrote on POD publishing, in which I mention Sunken Treasure, among others. Good luck witht he book!

  6. Wil says:
    20 February, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Cool! Thanks! I totally agree with everything you wrote there. In fact, I kinda wish I’d said it myself.

  7. ephant says:
    21 February, 2009 at 5:47 am

    I’d really like an e-book version – shipping and handling (at least to here) though LULU is quite crazy (pretty much the same as the book price…)

  8. Nate the great says:
    21 February, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Wil-
    Do you want some help converting to other ebook formats? If so, you can reach me at my gmail account. The user name is natehoffelder, and that is of course @gmail.com.
    Or you could come on over to http://www.mobileread.com.
    Nate the great
    editor
    http://www.mobileread.com

  9. fourquestions.us says:
    22 February, 2009 at 3:17 am

    Wil,
    I am an eBook developer, and I’d be happy to format your books for free in the Kindle/Mobipocket format and even in the ePub format people can read on the Sony Reader and on the iPhone (using Stanza). Just let me know if you are interested. All I need is the PDF files.
    – Joshua Tallent
    http://kindleformatting.com

  10. Toby O says:
    23 February, 2009 at 5:55 am

    So, it’s a lot of work to go ahead with an eBook version of the pub? I would have thought it’s computerized at the publisher anyway, so for them to port over to format x would be cake, yes? Is it the paperwork/contracts side of the equation that prevents you from just automatically doing eBooks as a matter of course?

  11. Wil says:
    23 February, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Funny you should mention that.
    It turns out that eBooks aren’t as difficult as I thought. Over the weekend, I made the PDF version of Sunken Treasure available for $5. I’m working with someone to convert it to a couple other formats right now, and should have them available today or tomorrow.

  12. KevinH_aru says:
    28 February, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Hi Wil,
    I wrote a review on GoodReads via FaceBook:
    http://apps.new.facebook.com/good_reads/book/show/3962785.Sunken_Treasure_Wil_Wheaton_s_Hot_Cocoa_Box_Sampler

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