XKCD: Volume 0 now on sale at Amazon!
But the next time you’re about to checkout with your Amazon cart full of 3 Wolf Moon Shirts, consider adding the special breadpig-published paperback from Randall Munroe.
Category: xkcd book
How we’re donating $53,000 in xkcd book profits
Back in May, our partners at Room to Read asked us to choose locations for our xkcd: volume 0 profit donations.
Jul 19, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
Secret xkcd meetup in SF a success!
Were you in Golden Gate Park (SF) last Saturday? If so, you joined a couple hundred elite xkcd fans who braved the cold June afternoon to meet Randall Munroe.
Jun 30, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
How Should We Donate $53,000 of xkcd Book Profits?
2009 was a very good year for Breadpig and thus a very good year for our partner non-profits, Room to Read in particular, thanks to the success of xkcd: volume 0.
May 10, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
Did you hear? The xkcd book puzzle was finally solved! (no spoilers)
But if you want spoilers, we’ve got the link to the xkcd forum thread!
Mar 22, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
ThinkGeek now carrying xkcd: volume 0
It’s a little known fact that monkeys and breadpigs are naturally quite amicable with one another. Less known is that monkeys can be found riding breadpigs during their lunchbreaks as a means of sport, similar to that one Harry Potter plays with brooms. One result of this is the success of LOLmagnetz on ThinkGeek (who’ve [...]
Mar 18, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
The xkcd school in Laos is complete! Rejoice!
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.
Mar 15, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz Loves xkcd
We received these photos from Bookshop Santa Cruz, an independent bookseller (rocking since 1966!) that’s been featuring the breadpig-published xkcd: volume 0 for the last couple of months.
Mar 04, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
Step by step guide on how to publish a book
If you’re planning on using this information to build a competing geeky book publisher to rival breadpig, more power to you!
Feb 19, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (or not)
Like any good uncorporation, breadpig aims to do things a bit differently. Last year, we published a tutorial for how LOLMagnetz generated $30,000 in profits (for charity, but profits nonetheless). Now we’re doing it for xkcd: volume 0.
Feb 17, 2010 | View Comments | View Post
The reviews are in, xkcd: volume 0 is a winner
Thursday Dec 17th in Cambridge, MA is your last chance in 2009 to meet Randall Munroe for a book/poster/raptor-signing. It’s a free event, so please drop by.
Dec 16, 2009 | View Comments | View Post
Meet Randall and grab a signed copy of xkcd: volume 0 in Cambridge, MA on 17 Dec
XKCD VOLUME 0: THE SIGNING Thursday, December 17th, 2009 At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 26-100, 6:00 – 8:00 PM We had an extremely successful book tour shortly after the release of xkcd: volume 0 that raised enough money to build breadpig’s xkcd school in Laos. And we’re grateful to all of you who [...]
Dec 11, 2009 | View Comments | View Post
Project Update: The xkcd school in Laos is nearing completion!
After selling out (yay!) of the xkcd book, we had some printing delays over the last few weeks (sorry!) that have held up shipping for some of you. All books should have now been shipped, but if something seems very wrong, please forward your invoice to us. After getting your feedback on the xkcd blag, [...]
Nov 19, 2009 | View Comments | View Post
Breadpig and MentalFloss Want You to Win a Free xkcd Book
Breadpig has a crush on @mental_floss, so when Mental Floss asked us to post this entry, we didn’t hesitate. Love makes you do things like that. On the brightside, it also means you have a chance to win a free copy of xkcd: volume 0. These four songs all make brief appearances (in one way [...]
Nov 04, 2009 | View Comments | View Post
Help xkcd Choose a Dedication for the School in Laos
via blag.xkcd.com: Sales of the xkcd book continue to be quite strong thanks to glowing reviews (thank you!). And the breadpig recently learned that we’d raised enough from our fundraising book tour to get the xkcd school built! Now we need your help to dedicate it. You see, each school will have a permanent plaque [...]
Oct 13, 2009 | View Comments | View Post
We did it! You raised enough money to build our xkcd school in Laos
We couldn’t have done it without you. We aimed to raise $32,000 for Room To Read to construct The Kengthan Incomplete Primary School in Laos (don’t be troubled about the ‘incomplete’ part, that’s just a tricky translation from Lao to describe the education level – it’s going to be 100% complete when it’s built). It [...]
Oct 02, 2009 | View Comments | View Post
