Will those who want to read it in e-book form wait a little longer?

It is a question that Brown’s publisher, the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, is weighing as it plans the rollout of what it hopes will be a book-selling sensation. The publisher has announced a first hardcover run of 5 million copies, but Suzanne Herz, a spokeswoman for Knopf Doubleday, said the publisher had not decided when to release an electronic version.

Other publishers are mulling release dates for fall titles. Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, said it had not set a date for the e-book edition of “True Compass,” the memoir by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that is being released in hardcover on Oct. 6. Twelve has announced a first print run of 1.5 million copies.

No topic is more hotly debated in book circles at the moment than the timing, pricing and ultimate impact of e-books on the financial health of publishers and retailers. Publishers are grappling with e-book release dates partly because they are trying to understand how digital editions affect demand for hardcover books. A hardcover typically sells for anywhere from $25 to $35, while the most common price for an e-book has quickly become $9.99.

Amazon.com, which sells electronic editions for its Kindle device, has effectively made $9.99 the de facto price for most best-sellers, a price that publishers believe will reduce their profit margins over time. Barnes & Noble sells best-sellers in e-book form for $9.95.

Herz said Doubleday was primarily worried about the security of Brown’s book, which is being kept under a strict embargo until the Sept. 15 publication date. But she acknowledged that the e-book’s possible effect on hardcover sales was an issue, among others.

Similarly, Stephen King, whose novel “Under the Dome” is being published in November by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, said in an e-mail message that “we’re all thinking and talking about electronic publishing and how to deal with these issues,” adding, “but I can’t say anything right now.”

Until now, John Grisham has not allowed any of his books to be released in electronic book form. But according to his agent, David Gernert, Grisham has not resolved how his publisher, Doubleday, should release a digital version of “Ford County,” a short story collection set for hardcover release on Nov. 3.

Stuart Applebaum, a spokesman for Random House, the world’s largest publisher of consumer books and the parent company of Knopf Doubleday, said that the company’s standard approach was to release e-books on the same day that a hardcover is published.

But, he said, “we do have discussions periodically about either delaying or accelerating the e-book edition” on a book-by-book basis. Imprints of Random House, in fact, have committed to releasing digital versions on the same day as the hardcovers for upcoming titles from John Irving, E.L. Doctorow and Jon Krakauer.

Many publishers did not want to talk publicly about internal discussions concerning whether to delay the release of e-books specifically on releases by best-selling authors. The lost symbol book release

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Nope, not too early. I’m number 340 in line. Clearly, plenty of people are having the same idea. In fact, as of right now, there are a total of 429 people waiting for this one on the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s Web site. If you live around here, you might want to put your marker down for it now: I can only wonder how many people will have it on hold by the time it actually comes out in two months!

I enjoyed the dumb fun of The Da Vinci Code, balanced by some neat trivia and clever cliffhangers on one hand with a very poorly researched and defended controversial thesis on the other. The Lost Symbol is about Freemasonry, and there have been some hints that Brown may delve into the early Mormon Church’s associations with it. That creates a personal interest for me, and I’m curious to see if he handles it accurately or pumps it up for sensationalism. Reserve The Lost Symbol Novel

It looks like the library district is ordering about 150 copies, and with new books checked out for seven days, I’ll still have to wait a few extra weeks to read it. I’ll have a detailed review ready sometime in October.
Source: gentlyhewstone.wordpress.com

The saga to The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons continues with Dan Brown’s newest installation, The Lost Symbol, set to come out in September. Though his next book welcomes back the intellectual-turned action protagonist Robert Langdon, the book does not indicate whether these events take place in relation to the first two books—and just how similar they will be.

Regardless, Dan Brown’s flair for juicy stories has had an immeasurable impact on the world with religious and scientific battles, and the world wants more. Brown showed the world he is not done shocking and challenging it and there is still more to tell. Fans anxiously await The Lost Symbol to see what else Brown has in store.

Not much is known about The Lost Symbol as far as plot and synopsis go, but little clues have been revealed to indicate the novel’s content. Sources have stated that Dan Brown is moving to Washington D.C to work on his next novel, and Random House Publishing has confirmed this statement to be true. Brown’s editor, Jason Kaufman from Knopf Doubleday (an imprint of Random House) declares that the book will be “largely” set in Washington. Kaufman has said in a statement that “it’s a Washington few will recognize.”

So, we know where the book will take place, and all that’s left is for our imaginations to get to work on the rest. Where will Dan Brown go with this one? The only thing known for certain is that Robert Langdon is back—to solve another mystery in no doubt a small, rushed time frame. From the book’s setting we get one more clue by way of the book jacket: Random House Publishing has declared that the U.S cover of the book shows the Capitol building with a red seal wax set against a background filled with symbols. The cover for Britain and Australia has the Capitol with a key with a square and compass.

Source : Examiner.com

Last week I thought to see if copies of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, his sequel to The Da Vinci Code, were available to put on hold at the library yet. It’s due to be released in September, so I thought it might still be too early. Reserve The Lost Symbol Book

Nope, not too early. I’m number 340 in line. Clearly, plenty of people are having the same idea. In fact, as of right now, there are a total of 429 people waiting for this one on the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s Web site. If you live around here, you might want to put your marker down for it now: I can only wonder how many people will have it on hold by the time it actually comes out in two months!

I enjoyed the dumb fun of The Da Vinci Code, balanced by some neat trivia and clever cliffhangers on one hand with a very poorly researched and defended controversial thesis on the other. The Lost Symbol is about Freemasonry, and there have been some hints that Brown may delve into the early Mormon Church’s associations with it. That creates a personal interest for me, and I’m curious to see if he handles it accurately or pumps it up for sensationalism. Reserve The Lost Symbol Novel

It looks like the library district is ordering about 150 copies, and with new books checked out for seven days, I’ll still have to wait a few extra weeks to read it. I’ll have a detailed review ready sometime in October.
Source: gentlyhewstone.wordpress.com

Dan Brown’s fans have waited six long years for “The Lost Symbol” his follow-up to the mega-blockbuster novel “The Da Vinci Code” that is being published in hardcover on Sept. 15.

Will those who want to read it in e-book form wait a little longer?

It is a question that Brown’s publisher, the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, is weighing as it plans the rollout of what it hopes will be a book-selling sensation. The publisher has announced a first hardcover run of 5 million copies, but Suzanne Herz, a spokeswoman for Knopf Doubleday, said the publisher had not decided when to release an electronic version.

Other publishers are mulling release dates for fall titles. Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, said it had not set a date for the e-book edition of “True Compass,” the memoir by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that is being released in hardcover on Oct. 6. Twelve has announced a first print run of 1.5 million copies.

No topic is more hotly debated in book circles at the moment than the timing, pricing and ultimate impact of e-books on the financial health of publishers and retailers. Publishers are grappling with e-book release dates partly because they are trying to understand how digital editions affect demand for hardcover books. A hardcover typically sells for anywhere from $25 to $35, while the most common price for an e-book has quickly become $9.99.

Amazon.com, which sells electronic editions for its Kindle device, has effectively made $9.99 the de facto price for most best-sellers, a price that publishers believe will reduce their profit margins over time. Barnes & Noble sells best-sellers in e-book form for $9.95.

Herz said Doubleday was primarily worried about the security of Brown’s book, which is being kept under a strict embargo until the Sept. 15 publication date. But she acknowledged that the e-book’s possible effect on hardcover sales was an issue, among others.

Similarly, Stephen King, whose novel “Under the Dome” is being published in November by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, said in an e-mail message that “we’re all thinking and talking about electronic publishing and how to deal with these issues,” adding, “but I can’t say anything right now.”

Until now, John Grisham has not allowed any of his books to be released in electronic book form. But according to his agent, David Gernert, Grisham has not resolved how his publisher, Doubleday, should release a digital version of “Ford County,” a short story collection set for hardcover release on Nov. 3.

Stuart Applebaum, a spokesman for Random House, the world’s largest publisher of consumer books and the parent company of Knopf Doubleday, said that the company’s standard approach was to release e-books on the same day that a hardcover is published.

But, he said, “we do have discussions periodically about either delaying or accelerating the e-book edition” on a book-by-book basis. Imprints of Random House, in fact, have committed to releasing digital versions on the same day as the hardcovers for upcoming titles from John Irving, E.L. Doctorow and Jon Krakauer.

Many publishers did not want to talk publicly about internal discussions concerning whether to delay the release of e-books specifically on releases by best-selling authors. The lost symbol book release

The Lost Symbol is the title of Dan Borwn’s latest novel to be published later this year, but a few months ago it was reported that the title was going to be The Solomon Key, whuy this change of mind? The Solomon Key sounds so much more mysterious and attractive than The Lost Symbol.

On the first place, The Solomon Key was only the working title of the book, and we all know how tight secrecy is around Dan Browns work, so the minute the working title was leaked, people began speculating about the contents of the book and mixed news were published misleading the public and creating some sort of turmoil around the novel.

Finally the official publishing date has been released and The Lost Symbol will be here on September the 15th. according to the sources that have actually read the book already, the book takes you on a 12 hour trip that as it’s predecessor will make it hard for you to put down until you finish it.
source: http://danbrownthelostsymbol.com/

Hanks who was attending the Japanese premiere of Angels & Demons commented on his expectations for the new book The Lost Symbol where he expects to reprise his role as Robert Langdon when the movie is released.

Up until now the Vatican has condemned both movies based on the adventurous character because it considered both the books and the movies as a serious offense to the institution and to God.( PREORDER THE LOST SYMBOL )

Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks has said he can’t wait to read The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown’s new book which will be published around the world on September 15th.

According to the Vatican, the dismissal of the movies by them is only a publicity stunt by director Ron Howard to get more press coverage on the movie.

Some sources close to the Vatican define the movie as “innocuous entertainment which hardly affects the genius and mystery of Christianity” and another one “modest quality that was saved only by the presence of Tom Hanks”.

On Tuesday, Knopf Doubleday released the jacket art for “The Lost Symbol,” Dan Brown’s follow-up to “The Da Vinci Code.”

Showing a blood red wax seal, cryptic symbols and a shadowy skyline of the Capitol, the cover hinted at the setting for the book in Washington D.C. — “though it’s a Washington few will recognize,” said Jason Kaufman, Mr. Brown’s editor. “As we would expect, he pulls back the veil — revealing an unseen world of mysticism, secret societies, and hidden locations, with a stunning twist that long predates America.” Mr. Brown had previously written that the book would be “set deep within the oldest fraternity in history,” the Masons. The new novel, which is being published by the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on Sept. 15, features Robert Langdon, the protagonist of “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons.” Knopf Doubleday is planning a 5 million first print run in hardcover. Suzanne Herz, a spokeswoman for Doubleday, said the publisher would also release an e-book version of “The Lost Symbol.” That release date was still being worked out because the book will be embargoed until the hardcover publication.

The lost Symbol launch on September 15th

FARMINGTON – Davis County Library is taking hold requests for Dan Brown’s newest novel, set for a Sept. 15 release.

“The Lost Symbol” will have its first printing of 5 million copies, which is the largest first print for Random House Publishing, according to its Web site.

About 150 people have put their names on the library’s waiting list for the book featuring protagonist Robert Langdon of “The Da Vinci Code,” said Chris Sanford, the Davis County Library director.

Davis County has ordered 50 print and seven audio copies, Sanford said. It will not put any of the books on display until 10 a.m. Sept. 15, according to an agreement with the publisher that has been approved by the Davis County Commission.

“We’ll need to order some more books,” Sanford said.

She said the library generally prefers to have a ratio of three holds per copy, but sometimes with best sellers the ratio is five per copy.

“We’ll monitor those ongoing interests,” Sanford said.

Sanford said the library will open at its regular time — 10 a.m. — Sept. 15. Patrons whose names are at the top of the list will be notified before that date they can pick up their copy when the doors open.
Library patrons who put a hold on the book will receive it as soon as their name comes to the top of the list. The procedure is the same one the library uses for all of its materials, she said.

Patrons who want to put their name on the list can do so either online at www.co.davis.ut.us/library/default.cfm

or by calling or visiting their local branch.

Weber County Library will not be taking any holds for “The Lost Symbol” until about a month before the book is released, said Ann Booth, manager of adult services at the main library.

Weber has ordered 30 print and eight audio copies, Booth said.

Some library patrons put holds on new titles in order to “hedge their bets, just in case they can’t buy it at the bookstore,” said Lynnda Wangsgard, Weber County Library director.

Weber also handles the holding of new titles the same as all of its materials in its catalogue, she said.

Brigham City Library has not ordered “The Lost Symbol” because it is the end of its budget year, said Elizabeth Schow, adult fiction librarian.

Patrons there can put the book on hold once it is entered into the computer’s library system.

Officials said the last time libraries saw an interest in a particular title before it was released was when “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” by J.K. Rowling, was released July 21, 2007.

Source: www.standard.net/

Cover of The Lost Symbol, Today Show

The marketing campaign for Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown’s new book has begun in earnest, and will feature an array of hidden puzzles and games scattered across the internets.

At the official web page for The Lost Symbol, which will be released on September 15, there are links to the official Twitter and Facebook pages, which Random House says will be updated daily. In an email alert, the publisher promises “codes, cryptic trivia, puzzles, secret history, maps, aphorisms, ciphers, arcane knowledge, and more” between now and the release of the highly anticipated sequel.

What nobody is saying yet is whether all of these puzzles will just be a loosely connected series of amusements, or whether there’s a big meta-puzzle waiting to be solved.

I got into Da Vinci Code because of the original “web quest” that served as viral marketing for the first book — in fact, it was because I found it linked on Penny Arcade. Should be interesting to see what they’ve come up with with an infinitely larger marketing budget.
source: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/06/the-lost-symbol-puzzles/