Random House Unveils 'Lost Symbol' Jacket
Random House Fuels the Waiting Game for New Dan Brown
We have gotten calls from newspapers asking how many copies of "The Lost Symbol" we will be buying for the library. in the last few weeks. At Book Expo America, I saw huge signs showing the cover of "The Lost Symbol" hanging from the ceiling as I entered the convention center. I purchase the audio books so I know I will be purchasing three unabridged copies on CD. I have had to already sign an agreement I will not listen to them before the release date, although I can process them and catalog them. I am not sure how many the fiction librarian, Elizabet, will be purchasing. I have already pre-ordered my copy from a book club I belong to. I have to buy two more books and this way I will not have to wait to read this much waited for novel. I know the countdown is starting and will end on September 15th.Biding its time to the big September 15 publication of Dan Brown's long-awaited follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Random House is slowly releasing tidbits about The Lost Symbol. Today the publisher unveiled the new jacket for the title, along with a few plot details. Brown's editor at Doubleday, Jason Kaufman, said, in a statement, that the novel is "largely" set in Washington, D.C., but "it's a Washington few will recognize." Kaufman added that the book touches on "an unseen world of mysticism, secret societies, and hidden locations, with a stunning twist that long predates America," which comes as little surprise to Brown's fans.
Random House will also be stoking the Brown waiting game with some promotions over the summer, including a campaign, fed via Twitter and Facebook, requiring readers to break codes, answer trivia questions and unlock hidden messages in things like maps. (RH is hosting everything at the Twitter handle LOSTSYMBOLBOOK and at www.TheLostSymbol.com.)
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