Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling novels of all time. Named one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine, he has appeared in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ, The New Yorker, and others. His novels are published in 51 languages around the world. His next novel, The Lost Symbol, releases September 15, 2009.
The Lost Symbol – Releases September 15
July 9, 2009THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown
July 9, 2009The Lost Symbol, available wherever books are sold on 9.15.09, once again features Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. The book’s narrative takes place in a twelve-hour period, and from the first page, readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Langdon through a masterful and unexpected landscape.
Dan Brown’s prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this riveting new novel.
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The Lost Symbol audio outlined
July 9, 2009Orion audiobooks and unabridged audio publisher W F Howes will both be supplying audio editions of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol to coincide with Transworld’s print edition in September.
Orion has abridged audio rights and will publish the book on CD (£16.99), MP3 CD (£14.99) and as an audio download (£11 to £12). W F Howes has the unabridged version and will publish in CD and download with a retail price for each expected to be in the region of £25. It will also produce a cassette for the library market.
Orion audio manager Pandora White said The Da Vinci Code was one of the industry’s bestselling audio-books, selling more than 200,000 copies to date. She hoped to bring Dan Brown’s work to an even wider audience this time around with the advent of the digital format. White said: “The CD is still the predominant format definitely, but it will be interesting to see what a title like this does on download.”
White added that when she bought the abridged audio rights to Brown’s next book in 2003, unabridged audiobooks were intended almost entirely for libraries. She said: “If I’d known five years ago that downloads would change the market, I’d have swept up the unabridged rights as well.”
W F Howes publishing manager, Dominic White, said: “The unabridged market has grown massively, and download has played a big part in that,” he said. “We will release our audiobook to all markets, retail and libraries, and give it a big push.”
ET Breaks News: Dan Brown Has Finished New Book
July 9, 2009ET breaks news from the ‘Angels & Demons’ set in Geneva. Ron Howard tells ET that The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons author Dan Brown has completed a third book featuring Professor Robert Langdon.
Director Ron Howard tells ET’s Mark Steines that Dan is very excited about the book. Ron tells ET that he has not had the chance to read it yet, but tells us he can’t wait to do so.
Internet rumors have swirled that the new book will be titled The Solomon Key and will take Robert Langdon to Washington, D.C. and focus on the Freemasons.
The first two Robert Langdon books, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code were worldwide bestsellers. Both books were turned into movies; blockbuster ‘The Da Vinci Code’ opened in 2006, while ‘Angels & Demons’ will hit theaters on May 15.
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