Tag: "xkcd: volume 0"

XKCD: Volume 0 now on sale at Amazon!

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.

How we’re donating $53,000 in xkcd book profits

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.

Secret xkcd meetup in SF a success!

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.

Re-Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz

Re-Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz

We featured them once back in March, but they’re due for another bit of spotlight.

How Should We Donate $53,000 of xkcd Book Profits?

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.

Room to Read Picks Breadpig for Twitter Fundraiser

Room to Read Picks Breadpig for Twitter Fundraiser

We’re thrilled to have been selected to carry the Room To Read torch for this Twitter #tweet4books fundraiser!

The xkcd school in Laos is complete! Rejoice!

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.

Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz Loves xkcd

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.

Step by step guide on how to publish a book

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!

Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (or not)

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.

The reviews are in, xkcd: volume 0 is a winner

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.

Meet Randall and grab a signed copy of xkcd: volume 0 in Cambridge, MA on 17 Dec

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 showed up …