Catching Up On Book News
After taking time off for Labor Day, I come back only to find myself
inundated with book news. I thought I would share some of it here.
As the world knows, Dan Brown’s newest book is released Tuesday. When
I went to Borders the other day, I was told if I reserved my copy of
his book, I would get it at 40% off, “more than anyone else is doing.”
But it was just for this book, even though they allow you to reserve
other books.
I was disappointed that I wasn’t offered the same deal if I reserved
John Twelve Hawks’ THE GOLDEN CITY, which came out last week. THE
GOLDEN CITY is the third book in the Fourth Realm Trilogy. While it’s
having some mixed reviews on Amazon, I am still looking very forward
to it and I can’t wait to pick it up – even in hardcover.
Lots of biographies and memoirs are making the news. As RT noted
before, Ted Kennedy has a comic on its way out, but there is also a
biography due to come out soon. While the print addition comes out,
the publisher is holding off on e-book editions “indefinitely” Sue
Monk Kidd, author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, and her daughter have
written a memoir that tells readers more about the events that
inspired the bestselling novel.
But what I find most interesting is Jon Krakauer’s latest book. WHERE
MEN WIN GLORY: THE ODYSSEY OF PAT TILLMAN, tells the story of football
player turned soldier Pat Tillman, whose death and subsequent cover up
have been news fodder ever since. It’s an intriguing choice of
subject, even for a man known for his coverage of intriguing men.
The boyfriend recently watched the movie STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE,
about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. One of the main players in that
scandal, Lynndie England, is suing her biographer. While sales of the
book aren’t going well, according to the biographer, England is suing,
citing multiple issues with him. Not sure this is helping to improve
her image, as she had been hoping the book would do, but then, I am
not in her shoes, either.
Most aspiring writers find it hard to sit down and write their first
novels or short stories, so writers like Nora Roberts, who produce
several books a year, tend to be a bit in awe. Well, this will really
knock them on their butts: James Patterson will be producing and
publishing 17 books by the end of 2012. Most of those are adult
books, like his Alex Cross series, some are his YA books like Maximum
Ride, and one nonfiction book. Good grief, that’s a lot. Granted,
many of his books lately are co-written, making one wonder how much of
Patterson’s books are really written by Patterson. Or are they more
like V.C. Andrews ghostwriters?
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Will try to share more later
this week. If you have any comments about any of the above, feel free
to comment!
Nicole
inundated with book news. I thought I would share some of it here.
As the world knows, Dan Brown’s newest book is released Tuesday. When
I went to Borders the other day, I was told if I reserved my copy of
his book, I would get it at 40% off, “more than anyone else is doing.”
But it was just for this book, even though they allow you to reserve
other books.
I was disappointed that I wasn’t offered the same deal if I reserved
John Twelve Hawks’ THE GOLDEN CITY, which came out last week. THE
GOLDEN CITY is the third book in the Fourth Realm Trilogy. While it’s
having some mixed reviews on Amazon, I am still looking very forward
to it and I can’t wait to pick it up – even in hardcover.
Lots of biographies and memoirs are making the news. As RT noted
before, Ted Kennedy has a comic on its way out, but there is also a
biography due to come out soon. While the print addition comes out,
the publisher is holding off on e-book editions “indefinitely” Sue
Monk Kidd, author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, and her daughter have
written a memoir that tells readers more about the events that
inspired the bestselling novel.
But what I find most interesting is Jon Krakauer’s latest book. WHERE
MEN WIN GLORY: THE ODYSSEY OF PAT TILLMAN, tells the story of football
player turned soldier Pat Tillman, whose death and subsequent cover up
have been news fodder ever since. It’s an intriguing choice of
subject, even for a man known for his coverage of intriguing men.
The boyfriend recently watched the movie STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE,
about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. One of the main players in that
scandal, Lynndie England, is suing her biographer. While sales of the
book aren’t going well, according to the biographer, England is suing,
citing multiple issues with him. Not sure this is helping to improve
her image, as she had been hoping the book would do, but then, I am
not in her shoes, either.
Most aspiring writers find it hard to sit down and write their first
novels or short stories, so writers like Nora Roberts, who produce
several books a year, tend to be a bit in awe. Well, this will really
knock them on their butts: James Patterson will be producing and
publishing 17 books by the end of 2012. Most of those are adult
books, like his Alex Cross series, some are his YA books like Maximum
Ride, and one nonfiction book. Good grief, that’s a lot. Granted,
many of his books lately are co-written, making one wonder how much of
Patterson’s books are really written by Patterson. Or are they more
like V.C. Andrews ghostwriters?
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Will try to share more later
this week. If you have any comments about any of the above, feel free
to comment!
Nicole
posted at 11:15 AM
1 Comments:
Hello! My name is Amanda, and I work for Regal Literary (John Twelve Hawks's agent). I am writing to inform you of a special offer we are running for bloggers who review THE GOLDEN CITY. We will provide you with a review copy, and if you send us a link to your review, we'll into you into a lottery for an autographed copy of this book, as well as the exclusive opportunity to do a phone interview with John Twelve Hawks himself.
If you are interested, please send an e-mail to goldencity@regal-literary.com to learn more about this offer.
-Amanda
goldencity@regal-literary.com
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