TELEVISION PERSONALITY STEVE GREENBERG TO APPEAR AT HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER'S LANDMARK NEW YORK STORE.

New York, NY, November 18, 2008 - Steve Greenberg, writer, producer and television personality, will be at the Hammacher Schlemmer landmark store on December 3, 2008 from 4-6:30 pm. Greenberg will be signing copies of his new book, Gadget Nation, a behind-the-scenes look at the world of American inventors.

Gadget Nation tells the stories of inventors across the country who have spent countless hours and their personal fortunes trying to strike it rich with their gadget ideas. Featuring more than 100 quirky gadgets?from bird diapers to the Slanket (a blanket with sleeves)--this bizarre product showcase profiles unusual inventions and the people behind them.

Greenberg spent years traveling the country in search of unusual, imaginative new products. His travels have brought him face to face with hundreds of garage inventors across America, and his observations of this often bizarre segment of American culture are all contained in this entertaining, edifying, and surprisingly touching book.
"Gadget Nation is the most enjoyably reassuring book I've read in years," hails Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning and The Osgood Files. "Here is the quirky spirit of American ingenuity that goes back to Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, still alive and well, still passionately dreaming and tinkering in their workshops and garages across America."

Gadget Nation is available now for $19.95 at the Hammacher Schlemmer store, located at 147 E. 57th Street in New York City. Copies can be reserved by calling (800) 421.9002.

About Steve Greenberg
Greenberg, hailed as "The Innovation Insider," has demonstrated innovative products on national shows such as ABC's World News This Morning and World News Now, The Daily Buzz, Fox & Friends, Lifetime's Our Home, and others. For three years he appeared on the Discovery Channel's Your New House, and for six years he could be seen on HGTV's popular Dream Builders.

Mr. Greenberg also writes for numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites. His "Innovation Insider" features appear in publications including the Miami Herald, ROOMS magazine, Backyard Living, and more.