People are starting to get their Lost Blogs!

If you pre-ordered from Amazon.com or other online retailers, if you haven’t already received your copy you should probably get it within a few days — almost a week before the actual book hits regular brick & mortar stores near you. And if you did order the book from Amazon.com, you’ll also be able to access my Amazon Blog, which includes some behind-the-scenes tidbits about the making of the book and how it came to be. However, if you didn’t order the book on Amazon you can still access this extra content about the book on my Amazon profile page.

With one week left until the official in-store release of the book, there should be more to tell you here about the different things I’ll be doing to promote the book. Starting the week of May 8th, watch this space for specific information about Lost Blogs buzz in print, on the radio and on TV.

Today’s Chicago-Sun Times’ Sports section (page 108) re-prints a variety of quotes from the sports figures included in The Lost Blogs, from Wilt Chamberlain and Vince Lombardi to Babe Ruth and Abner Doubleday.

Check out the link to the article (also available online) in the Press section.

The May 1st issue of Sports Illustrated (hitting stands tomorrow) mentions The Lost Blogs in their Scorecard section.

“If Tommy Lasorda can have his own blog, then why can’t Abner Doubleday? Well, he’s been dead for 113 years. Enter writer Paul Davidson, who imagined e-ramblings from 175 late historical figures–including Wilt Chamberlain and Babe Ruth–in The Lost Blogs: From Jesus to Jim Morrison. (The book hits shelves on May 8.) Among the revelations in Davidson’s faux musings: Chamberlain met his 14,373rd girlfriend while in line for a hot dog, and the man credited with inventing baseball found it utterly boring. When it comes to watching a game, writes Davidson as Doubleday, “I would rather get shot in the neck with a bullet. And I was, during the Battle of Gettysburg.”

Check out the article scan in the Press section.

Washington D.C. superblogger Wonkette gives The Lost Blogs a shout-out, calling it “the undisputed winner of a Pulitzer Prize for ‘Nerdiest Topic For a Book, Ever.’”

Here’s to hoping the Pulitzer Prize people contact us about this, ASAP.

It’s been an impressive week for those participating in The Lost Blogs grass roots campaign.

Thanks to everyone who participated and took the valuable time out of their personal lives to blog as historical figures from the annals of history. And a special congratulations to Blogography, Secondhand Tryptophan, Mikey’s W.D.I.H.T.F.T.G.L., Two Thoughts Before the Epiphany, Star Inside and Taste the World for snagging the Top 6 slots and a signed first-edition copy of The Lost Blogs.