Former journalist and screenwriter Darren Hackett turned to Kickstarter for help in publishing his debut novel, “Antiquity: An LA Crime Novel” and then leveraged social media and insider knowledge of Amazon’s algorithm to drive sales and page views.

In this interview with The Young Turks’s Jayar Jackson, Hackett discusses:
– His early career as a teenaged journalist for the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald.
– The grisly double murder-suicide that drove him out of journalism.
– The in-depth research of LA’s history that turned the city of Los Angeles into a key character in the book.
– How Kickstarter brought in the more than $12,000 that helped him finish the book.
– Inside information that helped bring Antiquity’s Amazon sales ranking from 500,000 to 300th.

Visit Darren Hackett’s website here: http://darrenhackett.com

Visit Antiquity on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/…

Follow Hackett on Twitter: @kickstartmybook
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