Victory: Another Podiobook Goes To Print
7th Son scheduled for 2009 print release
J.C. Hutchins, author of the successful “7th Son” podcast novel trilogy, has accepted a book deal to publish “7th Son: Descent,” the series’ debut novel. The thriller is scheduled for a 2009 U.S. spring/summer release by St. Martin’s Press.
“7th Son” is the story of seven strangers who have been brought together after the recent assassination of the U.S. president. The men discover that they are human clones, with identical childhood memories. These “John Michael Smiths” have been assembled to catch the man who murdered the president. Their target? Their progenitor, the original John Michael Smith, code-named “John Alpha.”
Hutchins is widely-known as one of the vanguard authors in a growing genre of free online audiobooks — also called “podcast novels ” or “podiobooks.” These novels are often read and recorded by the author, and are promoted online in podcasts and web blogs. “Podnovelists” like Hutchins leverage these new technologies — and the ubiquity of iPods and other portable devices — to find audiences for their work.
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Congrats, Hutch!
January 20th, 2008 at 1:04 am
[...] The podcast novel is finding its place in the bibliosphere as a way for indie authors to build an audience when publishers won’t bite. Some authors have achieved remarkable success telling their stories in the ”podiobooks” format. JC Hutchins is one example. He has built a highly active Internet community around his work without ever publishing in print form. He has finally relented and decided to publish one of his novels, 7th Son: Descent, which goes to print iin 2009. [...]