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The Making of “The Lost Symbol”

happyshoppers — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:09:58 +0000

The Lost Symbol – Symbol Quest

happyshoppers — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:06:42 +0000

In anticipation of next week’s release of The Lost Symbol, I’ve been playing the Symbol Quest game (found on the official Lost Symbol site).

While not of the scope and length I’d expected after playing other Dan-Brown-esque games, it was a fairly interesting game which may well hold some secrets to the theme of the upcoming novel.

Here’s how it works:

We’re presented with a flash-movie of an empty dial surrounded by floating symbols. The aim of the game is to drag the correct symbol into the centre of the dial based on the textual clues which appear below.

Each success turns the dial one degree – we’re aiming for 33 in total – and have only three “lives” (unsuccessful attempts) to complete the game.

When we reach the targets of 11 and 21 successful matches, the screen refreshes to load a new set of symbols. When we reach 33, we’re presented with a congratulatory screen, and a secret message if completed with no mistakes

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Dan Brown Embargo

happyshoppers — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:05 +0000

We probably don’t need to remind you that Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol will be released a week from today.

Random House is sending out 5 million copies and trying to keep them all under lock and key until 12 a.m. Sept 15th.

The publisher sent a special letter booksellers, reminding them of their signed affidavits to abide by the release date.

Amazon claims that they have their supply in a chain-link enclosure, with double locks and a 24-hour guard.

Most libraries won’t receive their shipments from wholesalers until 9/14 and will have the problem of getting the books processed and assigned to fill holds by opening time on Tuesday, while also keeping them out of the hands of rabid fans.

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The Lost Symbol Prices

happyshoppers — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:13:52 +0000

Last week Amazon announced, to little surprise, that it would be selling the Kindle edition of Dan Brown’s forthcoming (and presumed megaselling) The Lost Symbol for $9.99. (Random House’s North American print run is five million, and the house is doing another 1.5 million for the U.K., South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.) That $9.99 price is a 67% discount off of Random House’s $29.95 cover price. (The title is, by the way, Amazon’s current bestseller and has been, according to the e-tailer, since it became available for ordering on April 20.) Customers who want to manually flip the pages of Brown’s latest book can pay $16.17 for the title at Amazon, a 46% discount off of the list price. Of course, Amazon isn’t the only major retailer offering a hefty discount on the biggest book of the season.

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Brown’s latest book looks to be ‘big, big’

happyshoppers — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:34:15 +0000

Dan Brown’s first novel since 2003′s The Da Vinci Code is triggering more speculation than any book since the end of the Harry Potter series.

The Lost Symbol (Doubleday, $25.95) will be released Sept. 15 with a first printing of 5 million copies. That’s the largest print run since the 12 million copies of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007.

If Brown’s last novel — which has sold more than 80 million copies and been read by an estimated 480 million people in 50 languages — “was big, then the new one will be big, big,” said Barnes and Noble’s Sessalee Hensley, citing “pent-up demand.”

She said 50 stores asked for advance copies: “I had to explain there aren’t any.”

Just the novel’s cover, released by the publisher last month, has been enough to trigger Internet debates about the symbolism of images of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument, seen through a keyhole on the book’s spine.

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Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol’: Why is the book biz so scared?

happyshoppers — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:44:38 +0000

There’s been much fulminating in the books world lately that The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, is bad for publishing. This week, former Publisher’s Weekly editor Sara Nelson even dubbed Brown a “Book Killer.” The theory is that Brown’s readers will only troop into stores (or go online) starting Sept. 15 to buy Symbol, probably at a deep discount, and they won’t buy anything else. Worse, the critics argue, the hubbub surrounding Symbol will drown out media coverage of other books — and eat into sales of those books too. So publishers have supposedly been shuffling the release dates of various titles so they don’t have to go head-to-head with the Dan Brown juggernaut.

It doesn’t take a Harvard symbologist to see that this is mostly sour grapes and a whole lot of hooey.

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The Lost Symbol By Dan Brown Release Date

happyshoppers — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:21:08 +0000

The Lost Symbol is the latest novel by Dan Brown, which will bring once again Robert Langdon back into our lives, with a new story in this new compelling thriller.

The release date is set on September 15, 2009, a date Britain’s Daily Mirror is calling “the biggest book launch in history.”

The Lost Symbol is being published by Random House, with an initial print run between 5 to 6.5 million copies, which will be the largest first printing in publisher Random House’s history.

An electronic edition of the novel (for Kindles and Sony Readers) will be released the same day. “Traditionalists see this as yet another nail in the coffin of the book, while forward-thinking insiders insist it is a shot of adrenaline for a flagging industry,” Britain’s Daily Mail succinctly commented.

Anyone who is familiar with The Da Vinci Code would be well advised to The Lost Symbolpre-order a copy of The Lost Symbol as copies are sure to sell out quickly.

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The Lost Symbol – Video Promo

happyshoppers — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:53:02 +0000

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The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown’s New Novel

happyshoppers — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:48:21 +0000

The Lost Symbol is a new novel that Dan Brown has worked on overt the past 5 years. Initially the working title was The Solomon Key. The Lost Symbol will be the third book to involve the character of Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon, after 2000′s Angels & Demons and 2003′s The Da Vinci Code^.

I think you all red at least one of Dan Brown’s book, and it may be that it has been the Da Vinci Code. If not I am almost sure, you have seen the movie. I am anxious to get to read this new book.

For more information see The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.

What is this blog about

happyshoppers — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:12:50 +0000

Hi. My name is Kim Spacey, I am from Cheval, Florida.

I am a mom staying at home, so in my spear time, I work online for an extra few bucks. As I browse and Shop a lot, I thought I could set up a blog, to let my friends what and where I have bought, or what great deals I saw. Maybe write a few reviews as well.

I hope you enjoy your stay here at Happy Shoppers.

Best Regards,

Kim