Assholes Finish First comes out on September 28th, and I have finalized the 2010 Book Tour schedule. It'll be 34 signings, most of them in places I've never had book signings before.

To answer the questions I've been getting:

1. "Can I go to the NYC Book Launch Party?": Yes. The launch party info:

Friday, September 24th

9pm-12pm

3 Sheets Saloon

134 W. 3rd [btw 6th Ave. and MacDougal]

New York, NY

Open to the public

The book will NOT be for sale in stores until September 28th, but I WILL have a few hundred books at that party for sale, so if you're so desperate to get the book that you can't wait four extra days, plan to be at that party. The party itself will be at a normal bar and pretty low key, nothing fancy. I'm very content with just beer, friends, and hot girls.

2. "How do the signings work?": Pretty simple: You show up with a copy of my new book, I sign it, take pictures if you want, etc. I won't be doing readings of my book like some authors do (they're lame), but there may be a few places where I do a Q&A. Of course it costs nothing to get the book signed (beyond the cost of the book itself), or to get pictures, and I'll personalize my signing, or even sign anything additional of mine you bring (new book, old book, DVD, t-shirts, whatever). I always try to be as cool to my fans as possible, so anything reasonable, I'm down for.

I have told this to all the bookstores, and I don't anticipate any issues–but some places sometimes make up their own annoying rules about signings. If anyone at any store tries to dick you around, just find my tour assistant, tell her what's up, and she'll make it right. I only mention this because I HATE it if a book store employee is a dick to my fans and I don't hear about it until later, so there's no way for me to fix it. I want my fans to have a good experience, and to make sure that happens, I want you to know going in what to do if something goes wrong.

3. "Why don't you have any Canadian signings?": I want to do a Canadian signing tour. I'd love to hit Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, etc. Here's the problem: My publisher, Simon & Schuster, has a separate Canadian division, and they apparently don't pay for authors to do signings in Canada. I'd like going to Canada, but I'm not paying out of my pocket to do it. I'll do my very best to figure out a way to make this work, but Canadian fans–please understand I am not skipping you for any reason in my control.

4. "What about [insert city]? Why didn't you come there?": I KNOW there are a ton of American cities I am not hitting on this tour. I only had about six weeks to tour, so I couldn't hit everywhere. Yes, I would love to go back to Pittsburgh and Raleigh and Gainesville and any number of other great cities I've been before, but I made a conscious effort to hit cities that I'd never done signings in. Don't worry though, if I missed your city on this tour, I will almost certainly hit it on the book tour for my third book, Hilarity Ensues, which'll be fall of 2011.

5. "I have a press request, who do I direct it to?": I will be available for at least some press at each stop. All press inquiries, direct to my PR guy, Jeffrey Chassen: [email protected]

NOTE: Special guests at some signings: A few of the signings will have special guests. I can't make any promises about who will be coming to what stops. I will say that the list includes many people who were involved in the stories, including my law school friends–notably SlingBlade. I am going to get him out to at least one or two stops (probably the Midwest ones). And at least one of the signings will have a midget–or possibly two–that is featured in the book (probably an east coast stop). I won't post details about these beforehand–it'll be a surprise to the people who show up.

NOTE: Two signings on release day: On Tuesday, Sept 28th, there is a noon signing at the Wall Street Borders in Manhattan, and then a 7pm signing in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Every other day is just one signing a day.

Tour Wrap Party: The tour wrap party will immediately after the last signing in, Austin, Texas. It will also be open to the public, and should be a really good time. I will post details about this too when they are finalized.