If I may borrow a line from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

My book signing at Blog World Expo will be a dual signing, as I’ll be joined by Rohit Bhargava, the Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy & Marketing at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. He’s the author of “Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their Authenticity And How Great Brands Get It Back.”

The signing is on September 21 at 10:00 AM and will be at the bookstore on the second floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Immediately before, Bhargava will be giving the opening keynote for the day, joined by Timothy Ferriss of “The 4-Hour Workweek” and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. (My brother is quite envious, as he’s a huge Linkin Park fan).

As I’ve mentioned, I’m going to be on a panel at Blog World Expo called “How to Deal with Trolls, Spammers and Sock Puppets.”

When I was on on Blog World Expo Radio on Friday, Rick Calvert, the founder of the conference, told me that a fourth panelist had joined the lineup. It’s Jeremy Schoemaker, better known as ShoeMoney. In addition to myself and Mr. Schoemaker, the panel will also feature Rick and John Chow.

One of the reasons I wanted to bring this up was so that I could point to today’s post on his blog, where he is asking for feedback on what we should talk about. So, if you have any thoughts, please feel free to let him know. It should be a great panel.

As Tropical Storm Hanna heads for me, I’ll be interviewed live on Blog World Expo Radio today at 3:00 PM ET. The Blog World Expo conference is fast approaching. If you are attending, please come to my panels and/or signing! My schedule is on the book website.

I’ll also be appearing on Zane Safrit’s show on Wednesday at 10:30 AM ET.

So, if you’re free, please tune in and participate! Thanks.

I’ll be doing a book signing at Blog World Expo on September 21 at 10:00 AM. I don’t know the specific location, but I’m sure it’ll be at wherever they have their book store. I know 2 people will be there. We’ll see if any others show up! It is very conveniently scheduled as the morning keynote ends at 10:00 AM and no panels start until 11:00 AM. So, if you’re free, please drop by. I’d love to meet you.

Also, I wanted to mention that I have a live interview, this Friday, August 29 at 8:00 PM, on New Media Pro.TV. I’m not sure if I will be on video or not, but either way, my voice will be live and, if you’re around, I’d love to have you listen in.

Finally, the deadline for voting in the SXSW 2009 Panel Picker is Friday, as well. If you have voted for my panels, thanks so much! If you haven’t, I’d definitely appreciate it if you gave it a look. The two panels are: “Content Theft and Copyright Infringement on Your Online Community” and “Are You Ready to Manage an Online Community?

I really appreciate all the support.

It’s been quite a while since I did a book coverage summary post, so I have a lot to highlight. First and foremost, there are a number of new reviews.

Chris Brogan, Jake McKee (Community Guy) and Jim Kukral all reviewed the book. Jim’s review was a video review and you can watch it on his blog. Chris Brogan’s review was mentioned by Heidi Miller on Talk It Up!

Dr. Jeffrey Barlow, of the Berglund Center for Internet Studies at Pacific University, reviewed the book for their electronic journal, Interface. There were also reviews posted by Brandon Eley, Book News and Rico Mossesgeld of Contract Worker.

I have new text interviews with Community Spark, as well as Josh Klein, in addition to a podcast interview with Startup Spark. I also participated in a private, live text based chat event with 30 plus assorted bloggers of the b5media blog network, providing advice on how to promote your blog via forums and how to create communities around your blog.

The book was mentioned on phpBB Guru, a Russian phpBB support community, Slashdot and ivanpino.COM. It was also mentioned by Lee LeFever of Common Craft and Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer and included in AMACOM’s Book Blast newsletter.

Finally, Alejandro Reyes of Successfool.com, mentioned in book in a short video on his Twitter and at the beginning of an episode of his Successfool.TV web show.

Thank you to everyone who has shown an interest in the book!

Already available in physical and Kindle form, “Managing Online Forums” has been released as an eBook. It is available from various eBook sellers, including Powell’s Books. I had been asked about it being an eBook multiple times, so that is a good part of the reason why it is coming out now. Thanks to everyone who expressed interest in it.

For anyone who was monitoring it, Darren has confirmed that he will be attending Blog World Expo and speaking on our panel, “Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social Media.” Excellent news.

Also, I just wanted to post a reminder that SXSW Interactive panel voting ends on August 29. If you are so inclined, I would definitely appreciate your vote on my two panels, “Content Theft and Copyright Infringement on Your Online Community” and “Are You Ready to Manage an Online Community?”

The conference schedule for Blog World Expo has been announced. The panel that I am on will be on September 20 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM in room 227.

I just registered for ConvergeSouth 2008 and BlogHer Greensboro ’08. Right now, I’m not speaking. I am thinking I may keep it that way and take it easy. I have an opportunity with ConvergeSouth, but I’m thinking it over. BlogHer doesn’t tend to have male speakers, I don’t think, but I’d definitely like to participate in something community minded, if I could! Anyway, is anyone else going?

Update 2: I won’t be on Blog World Expo Radio, afterall.

Update: The podcast is actually at 8:00 PM ET, not 5:00 PM ET. Sorry for the confusion.

I will be appearing live on Blog World Expo Radio on Sunday, July 20 at 8:00 PM ET. There is a chat room available and you can call in with questions – please join in if you are able.

Speaking of podcasts, I was recently interviewed by Jim Kukral (syndicated on GeekCast.fm) and John Wilkerson of the Jesus Geek podcast.

I also jumped on the July 11 episode of Blog World Expo Radio where my friend and co-panelist Jason Falls was the featured guest. I spoke for a few minutes about the panel and the book. Co-host Jim Turner shared some thoughts on the book and the show as a whole is a great listen.

Beginning on July 28, Otago Polytechnic is hosting an online course called “Facilitating Online Communities” and the book is listed as a resource.

Finally, James Seligman and Rico Mossesgeld of Contract Worker were kind enough to review the book.

Thank you to everyone for the interest in the book!