Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2009
For Dan Brown fans, here’s a look at some followup stories about his new novel, The Lost Symbol, which is due for a Sept. 15 release. They may help tide you over — at least until the Angels and Demons movie opens on May 15.
This story examines the pressure on famous writers to keep the hits coming. J.D. Salinger became a recluse. Ralph Ellison never finished another novel after Invisible Man. Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place, drank herself to death. And Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind was her last novel.
Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2009
Mainstream is to produce a spin-off guide to Dan Brown’s new book within days of its publication.
Decoding The Lost Symbol by Simon Cox will be published “approximately two weeks” after Dan Brown’s novel, The Lost Symbol, appears on 15th September, even though the content of the latest Brown offering remains almost entirely under wraps.
Cox’s guide to The Da Vinci Code, Cracking The Da Vinci Code, has sold nearly 60,000 copies through Nielsen BookScan since publication in April 2004.
Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2009
Here are the 10 best selling fiction and non-fiction books for this week from Amazon.ca. Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week:
FICTION
1 (-) The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown (hardcover)
2 (1) The Twilight Saga Collection – Stephenie Meyer (hardcover)
3 (3) The Cellist of Sarajevo – Steven Galloway (paperback)
4 (2) The Book of Negroes – Lawrence Hill (paperback)
5 (5) The Shack – William Young (paperback)
