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The Harem Book Signing and Dinner Event in Los Angeles CA

First Official Book Signing Event for The Harem! This event will be more than just meeting Thomas Sweeney, the author, and having your book signed. There will be Dinner, Discussions, Q&Book Sample Reading and of course the Book Signing.

For the ticket price of $25 you’ll get:

limited seating, intimate dinner at the Manifesto Cafe located at 5526 Monterey Road, Los Angeles CA 90042 (see below for more information about Manifesto Cafe),
a two-hour discussion and Q&A session with the author,
all of your books signed,
and $5 off your first copy of The Harem purchased at the event. Regularly $19.99 on Amazon, you first copy of The Harem will be only $10. Each additional copy will be $15.

Seats are limited. Only the first 30 people to purchase tickets will be able to attend this intimate event. Purchase Your Ticket NOW.  Click the image below to join the fun!

You can purchase your books online in advanced on Amazon or wait to get your copy at the event. Any copy you bring or purchase will be signed if you’d like.  The Harem would be a great addition to your 2014 Holiday Gift Giving!

Manifesto Café is a social enterprise market and café located in Hermon, a city in Northeastern Los Angeles that serves healthy products. The “social cafénterprise” serves an original menu of Los Angelino-themed artisan sandwiches & beverages, as well as fair trade coffee, teas, produce, healthy snacks and pre-packaged meals – all sourced from local, socially-conscious small businesses.

Manifesto’s founders are comprised of nonprofit practitioners, social workers, and an architect with a penchant for green and sustainable design. Manifesto envisioned two overarching objectives; become a community resource and bring healthy & fresh food access to a “food desert”.

Hope to see you there!

Get your eBook Copy of The Harem

We are happy to announce that The Harem is available for purchase in an eBook format! (Printed version release date is Nov. 21, 2014) You can purchase The Harem online through Amazon and Smashwords. Click on any of the images below to order your copy now!

We hope you enjoy The Harem! Make sure you connect with us on our social media sites. We’d love to hear what you think of the story.

Thanks so much.

- The Harem

The Harem Official 2014 Book Release Dates

We are pleased to announce that The Harem book release has been bumped up to an earlier date! Instead of our previously scheduled time frame in early December 2014, The Harem will now be officially released:

NOVEMBER 2014

NOVEMBER 14th: eBook version released online

NOVEMBER 21st: print version released online

We are having two dates, one for each type of format for two distinct reasons. We want to make The Harem available to those who would like an eBook edition sooner and to all for any additional changes or alterations that may need to occur with for printed copies.

The WINNERS from our Facebook Like Contest and the Goodreads Giveaway will be sent their printed editions first, which is why we have a week delay on ordering printed copies. As soon as the pre-order buttons are activated, you’ll know when you can start placing your orders!

The Harem will be released on Amazon immediately and soon will be available in other locations. We’ll keep you up to date on all the information.

- The Harem

Calling All Book Bloggers and Reviewers on Goodreads

Seeking All Book Reviewers:

If you love to read, if you love to read erotic romance novels, and if you are on Goodreads, then this just might be the opportunity for you!

I’m looking for five different book bloggers/reviewers to read and review The Harem.

Key Points:

1. Reviewers will be randomly selected

2. Reviewers will receive an advanced eBook copy of The Harem prior to the book release

3. Reviewers will read The Harem and post their honest opinion/review of The Harem on Goodreads (and their own book blog if applicable.)

4. Reviewers will have their review listed on The Harem website and on The Harem social media platforms

If you have any questions and/or if you would like to be considered to be selected, please place a comment on The Harem Discussions board: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

- The Harem

Formatting The Harem for Print

Hey all you The Harem fans and friends! We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just finished formatting The Harem for all print books and are starting the editing process to make sure everything lines up and looks great! Check out this screenshot of it in Adobe Acrobat:

After a technical and content review and editing for the print version is complete, we’ll be moving onto the next formatting process for eBooks.

The Harem will be one single novel. We made some modifications to the font size and other factors, which means that by making these changes, the entire story can and will fit into the self-publishing page restriction. The novel is officially 558 pages.

We’re still scheduled for an official book release in early December 2014 as of right now. We’re ahead of schedule, so there is a chance for the release date to be bumped up on the calendar. When we have the official release date for The Harem, we’ll let you know.

- The Harem

Enter on Goodreads for a The Harem Halloween Treat

Trick or Treat your way for Halloween with The Harem’s Goodreads Giveaway. There’s still time to enter and you’ll be notified on Halloween Day via email if you’ve WON ONE of TWO Signed Copies of The Harem.

Sign up for our Goodreads Giveaway for your chance to win one of two signed copies of The Harem. The winners will get their copies of The Harem a few weeks before the official public release!

Everyone is welcome to enter including readers, publishers and book reviewers. If you are a book reviewer and would like to get an early ebook edition of The Harem, please contact us directly.

Goodreads Book Giveaway


The Harem
by Thomas Sweeney

Giveaway ends October 31, 2014. You will be notified via email by Goodreads if you are a winner.

See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

Enter to win

 

At the time of this post, there are over 200 people entered to win. Your odds of winning are based on the number of people entered. Winners are selected at the discretion of Goodreads.

The Harem Goodreads Giveaway is not offered by Goodreads, it is offered by The Harem and it’s Author whom you can also connect with on Goodreads via the link above.

- The Harem

And The Harem Facebook Like Contest WINNER is . . .

If you haven’t seen our announcement on Facebook, The Harem is pleased to announce that The Harem Facebook Like Contest Winner is . . . Dana Poirier from Canada!

Connect with Dana on Facebook or Twitter: @DanaPoirier

Congratulations Dana and thank you for all of your support!

Dana will be one of the few and first people to receive a signed copy of The Harem prior to the schedule book release for early December 2014!

We hope that Dana loves the story of The Harem as much as we do.

Thanks again, Dana!

Good luck to all of you who have entered our Goodreads Giveaway!

- The Harem

The Writing of The Harem is Complete!

The writing of The Harem has officially completed! We are now in the next phase of editing before we start formatting for print.

The Harem will be offered in paperback, ebook and hardcover formats prior to the audiobook’s release. Since The Harem will be self published, we are doing our best to make the novel into one complete print. The challenge, most self publishing printers don’t allow prints above 800+ pages. We may need to make The Harem as a two volume book set.

The Hare is still on schedule for its release in early December!

Want to get an early copy of The Harem? Sign up for our Goodreads Giveaway for your chance to win one of two signed copies of The Harem. The winners will get their copies of The Harem a few weeks before the official public release!

Everyone is welcome to enter including readers, publishers and book reviewers. If you are a book reviewer and would like to get an early ebook edition of The Harem, please contact us directly.

Goodreads Book Giveaway


The Harem
by Thomas Sweeney

Giveaway ends October 31, 2014. You will be notified via email by Goodreads if you are a winner.

See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

Enter to win

 

At the time of this post, there are over 140 people entered to win. Your odds of winning are based on the number of people entered. Winners are selected at the discretion of Goodreads.

The Harem Goodreads Giveaway is not offered by Goodreads, it is offered by The Harem and it’s Author whom you can also connect with on Goodreads via the link above.

- The Harem

The Harem Goodreads Giveaway

We are happy to announce that The Harem is offering another giveaway.  With our Facebook giveaway coming to an end, we decided to offer 2 more FREE Signed Copies via The Harem Goodreads Giveway.

No purchase is necessary.  If you are already a Goodreads member, simply click on the link below to enter.  If you are not a Goodreads member, sign up for free to enter.

The Harem Goodreads Giveaway details:

Available to the US citizen only.
2 signed copies available.
One entry per person.
Valid Sept. 10 thru Oct. 31, 2014.
Goodreads selects the winners.

The Harem book release is set for early December 2014, so you’ll be getting your copy before it is available to the general public (estimated mid to late November 2014). You’ll be kept up to date via our social media and website.

Everyone is welcome to enter including readers, publishers and book reviewers. If you are a book reviewer and would like to get an early ebook edition of The Harem, please contact us directly.

Goodreads Book Giveaway


The Harem
by Thomas Sweeney

Giveaway ends October 31, 2014.

See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

Enter to win

At the time of this post, thirty (30) people have already entered to win since the launch of The Harem Goodreads Giveaway. Odds of winning are strictly based on the number of people who enter. One entry per person – there will be two winners. Winners will be selected by the discretion of Goodreads.

The Harem Goodreads Giveaway is not offered by Goodreads, it is offered by The Harem and it’s Author whom you can also connect with on Goodreads via the link above.

Good Luck!

- The Harem

Sneak Peak: The Harem Chapter Two

Wanted to know more about The Harem after reading the Preface? We’ll, here’s your chance to read The Harem Chapter One. Listen or Read below. Enjoy!

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The Interview

College is supposed to prepare you for the rest of your life. I was told that to be successful I had to go to school, and that the further I went, the more successful I’d be. So, I followed that sage advice with no aspirations of grandeur or epic philosophies to change the world. I just wanted to graduate and get a decent job. Hopefully, I’d like my job. Every adult I knew as a child hated their job. How many jobs are there for an average socioeconomics student really anyhow? How many jobs are there period with so much automation from software and robotics? Nearly every sector of industry has adopted technologies that eliminate jobs and sold it to the public under the auspice of efficiency for market competition and price reduction. Unions had a heyday with that idea. Plus, working your way through school is nearly impossible and student loans keep you enslaved for most of your adult life.

Well, not me. I am determined to find another way. All the families like Sylvia’s, that have money, found a way to build their fortunes, and if they can do it, I can do it too. I will not stop until I find my own path to wealth and true freedom. I know it will have to be something very different.

While I might be average as a student, my love for the college greens and sunshine are exemplary. If it were possible, I would consider sleeping on the greens. They’re so beautiful and calming. The trees are all evenly spaced with a spattering of carefully shaped shrubs here and there. The walkways are all neat and clean. For a community college everything is very well kept. The size of the student population has been growing of late despite the global economic turmoil, but the dean seems to be managing the expansions very well fiscally. You can always tell a good leader by the shape of the public grounds, roads and sidewalks.

Some folks in the community call the money spent on the appearance of the college as wastefully unnecessary, but people generally hear ninety percent with their eyes. I’m learning that humans are visual creatures. We like things that are new and shiny. Visual arts became it’s own vernacular decades ago and telekinetic technologies are finally conveying images. It’s so strange to think that there was ever a time in history where business studies didn’t require the complete mastery of every form of visual arts; drawing, painting, graphic design, film, video, photography. Even kindergarten starts with visual arts while simultaneously teaching abstract software scripting, numbers, reading and writing.

My best, and only real friend, Sylvia is walking toward me from across the greens. I haven’t seen her for awhile, so it’s nice to see her heading my way. I thought she had class right now. It wouldn’t be the first class she’s skipped, but something is different this time. She seems to be bouncing toward me; not running or skipping, just springing from the balls of her feet. Anytime she walks like that it makes her long blond hair bounce more than usual, along with other parts of her developed female figure. She knows it draws attention and loves every second of it. What most don’t know is that when she walks this way it also means she’s got a secret, and can’t wait to tell me. I immediately begin to wonder whom she’s seduced this time.

There was a very cute boy at the last fraternity party we both attended a month ago. Of all the guys that hit on her that night, the tall blond was actually very easy on the eyes, but also genuinely nice. It would be great if it was him. Sylvia picks some real losers sometimes, but he seemed very cool. I’d like to see her with someone like that.

My action has been consistently dismal for as long as I can remember; let’s just say non-existent is more accurate. Sylvia is constantly reprimanding me for being unapproachable and shabby looking. She’s a good friend, but I don’t have the money or time to be concerned about my looks or boys. My grades need resuscitation and I don’t have a family vault to back me up. I know that guys find me attractive, but I’m not interested in the investment either. They want a lot of attention. I already have Sylvia getting most of that in my pittance of spare time.

Sylvia adopted me as her pet project at the beginning of my freshman year in high school. We’ve grown very close since then and I can read her body language easily. However, the last couple years have seen us spending less and less time together, but I keep convincing myself that it’s part of growing up and is much better that way. I don’t have free time to hang out leisurely. Between working as a part time waitress and maintaining my grades, I can’t take my eyes off the ball.

That notion sits better than the truth. In my heart, I know that Sylvia has become distant for a long time now, but I can’t figure out why. I just hope it’s not another boy and that maybe she’s finally really focused on graduation. She really has to think about her future, because nowadays the market is so difficult to find employment of any kind. All the economic and political disasters of the last thirty years are still sending shock waves throughout the world. The disparity between out on the streets broke and uber-wealthy is shockingly obvious everywhere you turn.

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Thanks for reading and listening!

- The Harem