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I'm proud to be speaking this fall at a conference put on by Writer's Digest magazine, called "The Business of Getting Published." Sigler and I will be teamed up to talk about how we've dropped ourselves on NY publishing whether they liked it or not!

They've given me a discount code to hand out. If you're interested in coming to the conference, get $50 off your registration by entering the code: S7Har

The Business of Getting Published is designed to guide any author through the new dynamics of tod

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Very cool! For July Brilliant Slackers Blog chose JACK WAKES UP to be it's book choice! Hooray for Brilliant Slackers Blog!

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JACK WAKES UP just made the Bestseller List for the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA)!

I came in at #9 softcover for MAY. Link here.

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You want answers?

You sure you want the answers?

You want the truth, huh? Well you can't handle the truth!

Or maybe you can. In any case, I present to you here, in all podcast loving kindness, the basic deets, facts and unbridaled truth about the JACK WAKES UP sales numbers so far. I'm banging the drum, you're working to sell copies of the book and--know what?--WE ARE DOING just fine! And we will do fine. We'll keep it up, keep banging that drum, spreading the JACK PALMS Gospel, and the copies will

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That's right: this is me reading at the Harvard Coop, live from Harvard Square Cambridge. Check out this short video to see me read a good-sized chunk of JACK WAKES UP's first chapter. Enjoy! If you'd like to see a longer version of the reading, watch this video.

 

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Two more hot ones this week, as I'm out on the road... when I get back I'll wrap these all up into a quick podcast AND tell you all about what I'm learing on "The Numbers."

Bruce from GonzoGeek.com reviewed JACK WAKES UP, saying: "Harwood writes some quality pulp.
The dialogue crackles.  The action moves.  The plot moves along quickly just like it should.
Some of the characters might have come across as stock written by a lesser talent, but even the black drug dealer, Junius, pops off the page.
Har

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Damn, time's a flying! Monday on the Open Culture Blog, I wrote on a new challenge for contemporary writers: getting your work onto as many potential reading platforms as possible to maximize your reach and market. I've been faced with this now as JACK WAKES UP hits print and I want to make sure I can get it onto iPhones, Audiobooks sections, and other tech gadgets. It's a battle, one I didn't expect.

Writing in the Digital Age: It’s All About the Platform

The number of ebook readers and reading d

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That's right, this is the new montage video of me hitting NYC for the 09 tour. Meet my agent and editor, see inside Random House, cuts from the reading and party after, and lots of goodness. Enjoy!

Thanks to Mysterious Bookshop, Ian and Otto for hosting the event (and for the FREE BEER!), all of the great Palms Peeps who showed up, and great authors Megan Abbott, Jonathan Santlofer, Jason Pinter, Dave White, the crew from The Lineup, and the esteemed Reed Farrel Coleman!

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Today a major voice in the podcast world drops his first published book!

St. Martin's press releases J.C. Hutchins' debut Personal Effects: Dart Art today for all the world to read. Never before heard as a podcast, first time anywhere.

I had the good luck to read this baby a month or so back and it blew me away. Above you'll see a montage video of me and 10 other podcast authors spouting off on how much we liked this book. To read for yourself, go out and get the book here. I'm getting mine. No d

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I'm learning that video-casting or vodcasting is harder than it looks. What kind of file extension do you guys prefer for me to put up into the feed? Confused.

But, maybe it's because I found out that Jack Wakes Up is "the literary equivalent of testosterone" or because I'm getting ready for a big trip, but either way, I'm juked up tonight, the sun was out here in Berkeley, and I've got a new video to drop (and .mov file here) on you with all new highlights from events, me with some serious bounc

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