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Overstock: Tom Swift Items for Sale

Posted Sat, 11/20/2010 - 19:14 by Kim Keeline

In addition to the things in our Cafepress store (available for a limited time) and our 24 Palmer Street press site (for our Tom Swift Guide to Life and our special anniversary reprints of the first 5 books with historical essay and checklists), we also ordered merchandise for the convention and didn't sell it all.

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CBC Radio Documentary on the Stratemeyer Syndicate (with clips from Tom Swift 100)

Posted Thu, 10/07/2010 - 19:01 by Kim Keeline

Dave Redel, who came to the Tom Swift 100th Anniversary convention, did a marvelous piece on the Stratemeyer Syndicate. We were honored that he included the TS100 Convention and interviewed several of our attendees for the piece as well.

If you like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, or any of the other series books which Edward Stratemeyer created with his amazing syndicate, this radio show is a great listen--only one hour long and worth every second.

http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2010/09/22/the-mystery-of-the-stratemey...

San Diego Union-Tribune Article on TS100

Posted Thu, 07/15/2010 - 14:20 by Kim Keeline

The headline reads "Tales of Tom Swift inspire gathering of inventive souls." We made B-1 of the newspaper as the lead article for the "Our Region" section. We're very excited. The print version also had a sidebar with more info about the convention, and a link here, which were missing from the online version (for now at least--we hope they add it).

Monday there will be a followup article on Scott Paulson and sound effects. You can watch him in action on Friday or Saturday if you join us for one of the radio shows.

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Make Magazine blogs on TS centennial

Posted Sat, 07/10/2010 - 19:28 by Kim Keeline

Make magazine, that haven for all things geeky and DIY, noticed the Smithsonian article and blogged about the centennial. We're subscribers to Make ourselves, so this was exciting for us!

Make Magazine blog post on Tom Swift centennial July 11, 2010

City Beat Feature Article July 7

Posted Wed, 07/07/2010 - 16:10 by Kim Keeline

Tom Swift's Airship is the feature of the latest article to cover the convention. The focus of this article is more on how our purchase of the remnants of the movie airship changed our lives and how it will be exhibited at the convention. If you live in San Diego, you can pick up a copy in the red kiosks around town for free, but you can also read it online.

City Beat Article: Chasing Tom Swift and His Elusive Airship

TS100 covered by Orange County Screenwriters Assoc article

Posted Sat, 07/03/2010 - 17:30 by Kim Keeline

We're happy when people who love Tom Swift find out about us. Here's another article written by a fan of the books about the anniversary and our convention. Check it out.

Orange County Screenwriters Association article

TomSwift.info updated

Posted Fri, 07/02/2010 - 02:15 by Kim Keeline

If you haven't looked at the website TomSwift.info, you are missing out on a great site. It's recently been given a new home page and looks great. We don't do this page (although we are friends with those who run it) but we want to make sure you note the great info there. Enjoy!

Tom Swift Website

Presentation on Tom Swift in Space July 11

Posted Thu, 07/01/2010 - 22:06 by Kim Keeline

James D. Keeline will present on "Tom Swift in Space" for the San Diego Space Society on July 11th 2:30-4:30pm. We hope you will join us. Free and open to the public.

Serra Mesa Branch Library
9005 Aero Dr, San Diego, CA

Space Society Meeting Info

Smithsonian Article online about TS Anniversary

Posted Thu, 07/01/2010 - 22:00 by Kim Keeline

For anyone interested in Tom Swift, there is a great new article about the anniversary now online. Please read the article and spread the word to your friends!

Smithsonian Magazine Online article on Tom Swift Anniversary, July 1, 2010

Tom Swift Books Reprint: Anniversary Set

Posted Thu, 07/01/2010 - 21:58 by Kim Keeline

We are proud to announce our latest project related to the TS100 Convention and the Centennial. We are reprinting the first five books in the Tom Swift series. Originally released in July 2010, these books have been released on the 100th anniversary of their original publication.

In addition to the original text, you get a short article by James D. Keeline on the history of Tom Swift and a checklist (with ghostwriter information) for all five series plus other collectibles.

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