Friday, September 04, 2009

From Publishers Lunch:

Amazon Bought Two Locks to Keep LOST SYMBOL Secure

The New York Times won't be obtaining any copies of Dan Brown's new book from Amazon, where the e-tailer's home page carries a note promoting the new release from Jeff Bezos--who insists that "even inside Random House, only a half dozen employees have been allowed to read The Lost Symbol in its entirety." (Is it supposed to be reassuring that almost no one at the publisher worked with the author on preparing his book for publication?)
Amazon has "agreed to keep our stockpile under 24-hour guard in its own chain-link enclosure, with two locks requiring two separate people for entry." All they know about the book is that "it takes place over the course of twelve hours" and features Robert Langdon.
Of course if you want to pre-order it for delivery to your Kindle the morning of release, go right ahead. The print version is No. 1 at the site; the Kindle pre-order is currently No. 64 on the Kindle list.

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