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Hippocampus Release Week! (UPDATED)

1:16 AM Tom

After months of waiting, Hippocampus Release Week is finally here! And there are some special events happening that you might want to check out. Here's the schedule:

Monday 4/2--Hippocampus Book Trailer is the featured trailer on www.wovenmyst.com starting at 12 PM EST.

Tuesday 4/3--Hippocampus is officially on sale as an eBook at B&N and Amazon and as a paperback at Lulu.

Wednesday 4/4--Visit www.yabookscentral.com to see the Hippocampus trailer as the featured video. Trailer will remain the featured video for most of April. You should also check out wovenmyst.com where an advertisement for Hippocampus will be running on the first article each day for 2 weeks.

Thursday 4/5--Spread the Revolution Day! Visit www.tomtancin.com and/or www.theatlantisrevolution.com to learn how you can help spread the Atlantis Revolution.

Friday 4/6--
Check out the interview Tom did with thebookshelfreview.blogspot.com.

Hippocampus--"Spectacular, adventurous, and magical"

8:41 PM Tom

Spectacular, adventurous and magical is what sums up this awesome book by Tom Tancin. In my honest opinion this book reminded me of a combination of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Eragon and that is saying a lot. Hippocampus has practically everything in its pages. It has sword fights, good vs. evil, a prophecy, sorcerers, and a whole new Atlantean language. Hippocampus really was like reading a combination of all my favorite books with just the right elements added in.

Read the entire review by Michael at The Bookshelf Review

Atlantis Meet Indonesia

3:00 PM Tom

After six months of keeping it top secret, IT'S OFFICIAL! Hippocampus (Book One of the Atlantis Revolution) is being translated into the Bahasa Indonesian language by PT Bentang Pustaka. PT Bentang Pustaka is an imprint of Mizan, one of Indonesia's largest publishers. Mizan is responsible for translating such best-selling books/series as The Heroes of Olympus, The Maze Runner, Divergent, The Fallen Series, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Steve Jobs The Exclusive Biography, and many more. Hippocampus will be available in the Bahasa Indonesian language in paperback and eBook formats.

This is of course a very exciting step in my writing career. I am now officially published by a major foreign publisher and my book will be translated into another language. It's so cool to be able to say that Hippocampus will be available in 2 languages. I'm hoping that more foreign publishers will follow and I'll be able to add to the language list. I want Hippocampus to be available to as many readers as possible and this is a huge step in the right direction.

The English version of Hippocampus will be available in ebook form and paperback (only at Lulu.com) in April 2012. The Indonesian publication date is to be determined but is expected in late 2013 or early 2014.

Stay tuned!!

And if you're a publisher looking for rights to The Atlantis Revolution, please see the contact Tom page.

Book 'Em North Carolina

10:21 PM Tom

Book 'Em North Carolina took place on February 25, 2012. It was fun to meet readers and writers and discuss books while raising money for literacy. I especially enjoyed the panel, "I Dream a Dream: Young Adult Fantasy". We spent nearly an hour discussing writing and reading and I couldn't believe how fast it went. Everyone in the room had a lot to contribute to the discussion. Lots of great questions and great responses from everyone. I'm convinced we could have spent the rest of the afternoon talking.

In addition, there was a lot of interest in Hippocampus (Book One of the Atlantis Revolution). Thank you to everyone who stopped to talk to me about the book. And thank you to everyone who took bookmarks (and extra ones) and will spread the word about the book. Your help in this process is essential and appreciated.

If you didn't have a chance to make it to Book 'Em NC this year, mark your calendars for next year. The date is already set. Visit www.bookemnc.org for more information on this wonderful event.