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"Geek" Wil Wheaton Signs Three Book Deal With Publisher O'Reilly & Associates

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By Steve Krutzler / 12:44, 3 December 2003 / People

STAR TREK actor Wil Wheaton ('Wesley Crusher') has moved from much-derided actor to celebrity blogger and now to published author. The actor announces today the signing of a three-book deal with publisher O'Reilly & Associates, which will publish a new version of his short story collection DANCINE BAREFOOT, which sold 3,000 copies in self-publication.

"This is a very exciting relationship for me, for several reasons," the actor wrote on his official blog. "First, I am a huge geek, and without O'Reilly, I wouldn't know
HTML from LMNOP. I never would have been able to get Linux running, and
Perl would be one of the not-quite-as-good-as-Mrs.-Garrett replacements on 'Diff'rent Strokes.' Now, I'll be able to get my books into more stores than I ever was with my own Monolith Press. I can't wait to see how 'Dancing Barefoot' does when it's got a major publisher behind it."

In addition to DANCING BAREFOOT, which will be available soon, O'Reilly & Associates will publish JUST A GEEK, which "continues the story of Wheaton's
transformation from teen actor to grown-up writer, computer geek, actor,
husband, and stepfather," according to the publisher. In 2005, Wheaton will pen WIL WHEATON'S WEBSITE DESIGN, focused on the coding of his own site.

For more information visit O'Reilly or WilWheaton.net.



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By: sky (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:13:03 on Dec 04, 2003

So my calling Wheaton by the traditional nicknames is "namecalling," but your calling me an asshole is different, huh? Look in the mirror, pal.

And you should be advised that in the publishing world, the title is everything. If potential buyers (like me) aren't grabbed by a book's title, they keep walking, so these decisions are made with great care. And since I (unlike you) have better things to read than celebrity biographies, unless the title or the author are interesting, I'm not even going to look further.

The real publishers of such works understand this and this is why Wheaton is being published by O'Reilly, which to my knowledge has never printed anything besides software manuals. They really picked a winner for their breakout title!

And as far as Wheaton being an "accomplished writer," he never even would have gotten the O'Reilly gig unless he was famous for being Trek's first and only "Acting Ensign." So the jury's still out on his publishing career. But I don't mean Wil Wheaton any ill, and if his writing is better than his five-year performance as "The Traveller's" boy lover, I wish him well!

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