Ask HN: Marketing ideas for my book "The Geek Atlas"

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18 years ago

Next April my 'travel book for people interested in science and technology' will be published by O'Reilly. Of course, O'Reilly will do their own marketing, but I feel like I ought to be doing my own guerrilla marketing since I'm a geek.

I would love to hear the thoughts of HN people on good ways to build a buzz.

PS I probably should have said a bit more about the book: it's 128 places around the world with significant scientific, mathematical or technological significance without being a list of the the usual science museums (although there are a few good ones in the book). The book has information about the place, and an explanation of the science behind it.

An example place is The Horn Antenna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_Antenna) in New Jersey where the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation was verified (by accident).

To be notified about the book you can put your email address on my little mailing list: http://www.jgc.org/blog/2008/12/geek-atlas-mailing-list.html

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