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May 9, 2009
- Great news for the Hal Spacejock series ... the 2009 Ditmar Awards ballot has just been announced, and Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (Book 4) is a finalist in the Best Novel category. Last month Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch took out the WA Science Fiction Foundation 'Tin Duck' award for best SF/F/H novel of 2008. Earlier this year it was one of only five finalists in the Aurealis Awards Best SF ...
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February 3, 2009
January 24, 2009
- Newsdate: Mid-February 2009 What: Hal Spacejock books 2-4 released as low-cost ebooks. Where: Right about here Why you should care: Can't buy them in the shops, can you? (Outside Australia) What you should do: Repost this news. I'm facing several months of hard work on Hal Spacejock #5, and if you want to motivate me you can really help by making the upcoming ebook release an Earth-shaking, ...
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January 9, 2009
- I had a meeting with my publisher just before Christmas, where we discussed a few things about the Hal Spacejock series. The main topic was ebooks. I'm a strong believer in DRM-free ebooks, and I also believe the price point should reflect the fact there's zero cost required to pump out each copy of an ebook. I put this to my publisher, and they were happy to go along. You may not be aware that ...
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December 7, 2008
- The 2008 Aurealis Awards finalists have just been announced, and Hal Spacejock 4: No Free Lunch is one of the five shortlisted SF novels: K A Bedford, Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing Marianne de Pierres, Chaos Space, Book Two of the Sentients of Orion, Orbit Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch, Fremantle Press Kim Westwood, The Daughters of ...
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November 21, 2008
- .. including worldwide postage, via the Ebooks Just Published blog:I've just finished reading Simon Haynes' hilarious sci-fi, comedy adventure Hal Spacejock and enjoyed it so much that I've decided to run a competition to give one lucky reader the chance to win signed copies of the entire 4-book series (print edition). Here’s the deal ...Read the rest on their blog, and please note that winning ...
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November 17, 2008
- Portland, USA: You're not doing too badly when it comes to the Hal Spacejock books, are you? The distributor, ISBS, is based there. Powell's books of Portland stocks the entire series, and I've just had a NanoWrimo message from someone who works in the SF section at the Portland library telling me they have the books on their shelves. I just took a peek in the Multnomah County Library online ...
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November 9, 2008
- Just a reminder that The Creaking Shelves bookstore in Wigtown, Scotland, is the only place you can get the Hal Spacejock series in the UK.They're selling imported copies and bundles, and I signed every copy before they were sent over.If you're interested, <a href="http://thecreakingshelves.co.uk/simonhaynes.aspx">here's where you get them</a> (and they do mail order, too.)
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March 11, 2008
- A couple of weeks back I promised to post about all the interactions with my publisher leading up to the launch of book four ... and maybe beyond. We're still a long way from release date (2nd June) so the posts won't be that frequent, but I do have a couple of updates for you.Yesterday my publicist emailed about getting together to talk about the upcoming release, but thanks to my dodgy back ...
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