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MEDIA CONTACT: J.C. Hutchins, 7thSonNovel@gmail.com
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.
Hutchins, a South Florida resident, launched the audio version of “7th Son” in early 2006. Since then, “7th Son” has become the most successful podcast novel series in history. The trilogy has more than 30,000 listeners worldwide, and features cameos from sci-fi/horror icons Nathan Fillion, George Romero, Kevin J. Anderson, and others. In February 2007, the trilogy was featured in The New York Times.
“I’m thrilled to work with St. Martin’s Press in bringing ’7th Son’ into the ‘real world,’ in real bookstores,” Hutchins said. “For the past two years, I’ve released the online audio version of ’7th Son’ to an ever-growing, very enthusiastic fan base. I don’t know who’s going to be more excited to see it on bookshelves — my amazing, supportive listeners, or me.”
The online success of “7th Son” has brought Hutchins more than a worldwide audience. Hutchins is currently co-writing the debut novel in a new thriller series, which is slated for a 2009 release, also by St. Martin’s Press. Opportunities for “7th Son” are emerging in other media, as well.
Hutchins, who is affectionately chastised by his listeners for his cliffhanger-style chapter endings, remains coy about the other projects.
“There’s lots to talk about,” Hutchins said, smiling. “But as in ’7th Son,’ timing and pacing is everything. I guess folks will have to keep listening to learn more.”
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Dude. I’m happy for ya.
Really happy. Cool Cool Cool! You must be dancing all over the house with happiness.
So, does this rate right up there with Saturday Sex?
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! This is great news. You most certainly deserve it. The only issue I have with the book version is that THOSE people who buy the book won’t have to wait a week between chapters. They will never know that pain we felt.
Very cool! Congrats J.C.!
OMFG!!! You did it!!! Huge congratulations are in order! YESSSS!!!!
Congratulations JC!! This is HUGE news! Can’t wait to have a copy in my hands!!
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! Yay you! Holy crap, that is the most awesome news! My heart skipped a beat when I read it! You so deserve this! I can’t wait to see it on the shelves. *doing a dance then going to tell everyone I know*
JC,
This is the awesome of all awesomes!! Go podcasting authors! Go Hutch! Take over the world with this ish. St. Martin’s is totally effing HUGE!! Way to hold out for the big bad deal! 2009 will be huge, 2010, 2011…
I can’t wait to see us all rock it! Congrats, man!
Seth
You deserve it, brother. Onward and upward. Many, many congratulations.
What can I say? AWESOME!!!
Omgomgomg!! I’m so excited!! this is freaking awesome!
Excellent! Big congrats! And, I would like to add, ’bout bloody time!
Viva la clones!
The publishing industry will fall to the podcast novelists, just like some random Nazi geneticist who might, say, try to take over the world …
Happy Dance! Happy Dance!!
Congratulations, J.C. I am so happy for you! Freaking great news!
Congratulations, man! I’ll be sure to preorder as soon as possible.
Congrats Hutch!!! Yay for you!
Well done, JC! You put a lot of hard work into this dream of yours. Even though you saw the payoff of that hard work through the responses of your devoted listeners it must be a great feeling to know your book will soon be in print. If I were you it would take a very long time for the ear-to-ear grin to even start to fade. Congratulations!
Huge congratulations, Hutch. I know I’ll be giving out copies as gifts as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on them.
“other media”?!! 7th son movie, tv show/movie? freaking yes! My credit card is waiting and ready. This is a really big deal and I think 7th son has the potential to really blow up huge. Wow, you are on your way.
This is AMAZING! I cannot wait to get my hands on this in print, and will hit every bookstore in a 75 mile radius if I need to when it hits the shelves to spread the word!!
Congrats!!! You deserve it! Hey, wait a minute…doesn’t that mean you’re going to need a lot more beta clone shirts? You Rock!
Dude. YES. A thousand times YES. A very hearty congratulations.
The first of many J. C. Hutchins novels to see print…
Wow! such great news! I’m so happy for you!
Awesome news.. I can’t wait to hear what the MoP has to say to us loyal beta clones. It gives the rest of us would-be writers a lot of hope. I’m glad to see your dream is finally coming true.
Did you pee yourself? I so would have! Congratulations, J.C., you deserve every success. Huzzah!
YES! Congrats Hutch! About fracking time they figured out what they rest of us all ready knew;This is one hell of a story. My only question is how are you going to cliff-hanger a print reader? Are you only going to give them a chapter at a time? Are you going to make them solve puzzles before they can open the next chapter? You can’t possibly intend to let them read it all at once, can you?
That’s great JC! Your hard work has paid off!
w00t! Mark me down for two. Now, where is the great author signing tour gonna put you?
JC – A very huge congrats!! Now…when is the damn movie trilogy coming??
Congratulations, man! I can’t wait to have the first book in my hands!
Just heard the news, on twitter of all places! Congrats, dude! I knew you could do it! Rock on!
Wow! I can’t believe this is for real! I had to read the press release twice to convince myself. I’ll be running out to get my copy on opening day!
Silly me, tears of joy are hard to explain, sitting at your desk at work….
Proud and happy,
Beta Clone #38
Way to go, J.C.! This is WONDERFUL news!
Although I have to say the wait for this in print will be even harder to bear than the weeks in between podcast novels. But I know it will be worth it!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Great news. I look forward to getting hold of my copy. Keep up the good work.
So, when can we pre-order? Yeah, I know…
JC, Ken and I are SOOOO happy and excited for you!! He just saw the news on Twitter about 30 minutes ago. Congratulations sweetie!!
I could sit here and offer congratulations, JC, but quite frankly I’m not surprised in the least
We all knew this would happen. You deserve it.
Oh, ok. CONGRATULATIONS MAN!!!
Glad to hear that all of your elbow grease has paid off big! Now, stop admiring all the comments and get back to herding!:-D
I am so excited to get the story in print! Congrats, Hutch, you are an amazing story-teller and I am so excited that many more people will get to share in the 7th Son story!
You are everywhere!
EXCELLENT NEWS J.C.!! I am totally going to buy multiple copies to give away!