Dan Brown Crowned 'Least Wanted' Author
The bestselling American author, whose latest cryptographic thriller The Lost Symbol -- filled with such gems as "Is there life after death? Do humans...
The bestselling American author, whose latest cryptographic thriller The Lost Symbol -- filled with such gems as "Is there life after death? Do humans...
Christian Science Monitor | Rebekah Denn | Posted 05.25.2011
Tracking bestselling books tells us about the reading habits, or at least buying habits, of the American public. But is there anything we can learn fr...
Publishers Weekly | Michael Coffey | Posted 05.25.2011
Looking at the compilation of bestseller numbers from 2009 confirms what publishers said throughout 2009 and even into 2010--that bestsellers don't se...
Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011
I have an oddball view of the past 10 years. I think we may be on the verge of a roller coaster decade of spiritual awakening.
AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — Taking a page from its original playbook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com Inc. and a nation of ...
USA Today | Anthony DeBarros, Deirdre Donahue, Carol Memmott, Bob Minzesheimer, Craig Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011
Yes, Stephenie Meyer had another frighteningly good year with her sexy teen vampires and werewolves. And while Twilight is hardly about to fade into b...
The New Yorker | James Surowiecki | Posted 05.25.2011
Amazon and Wal-Mart hardly seem reckless, though. So why did they go to war? The answer is that they didn't, really. Sure, Wal-Mart is making a statem...
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011
A lot of the New York Times reviews were repeats this week, but, nonetheless, we bring you the weekend book review round-up. The Lost Symbol, Dan Bro...
Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced today in a press release that overall book sales were up in October. The increase is small -- 1...
The Huffington Post | Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011
Random House founder Bennett Cerf was reportedly asked how to write a best seller. The venerable editor's answer: Lincoln's Doctor's Dog. Seems Abe Li...
The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011
Book sales aren't that bad? Plenty of media outlets have been trying to make hay out of an article that appeared in Crain's on December 29th. Gall...
The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011
There are some big changes afoot on the bestseller lists, including the fact that on the USA Today bestseller list, Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days has...
Doc Childre | Posted 11.17.2011
Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.
Steve Haber | Posted 05.25.2011
In a world of social networks, video games and mobile handsets that do everything imaginable, Americans have maintained their interest in reading.
Bruce Harris | Posted 05.25.2011
Pundits like to opine that blockbusters are really bad for the book business. I think differently. I don't think that blockbusters kill other books -- I think they nurture them.
Dan Mirvish | Posted 05.25.2011
By now, everyone's heard that Sarah Palin's new book Going Rogue: An American Life has upended Dan Brown's supremacy atop the bestseller lists. But the army of Brownies is not taking this lying down.
Charles Warner | Posted 05.25.2011
The Internet's explosive growth has led to such a proliferation of content that it is now virtually infinite. To say that "content is king" in today's world is like saying "a grain of sand is precious."
Sarah Schmelling | Posted 05.25.2011
Recent updates from the Facebook profile page of Dan Brown, author of The Lost Symbol.
Cassandra Vieten | Posted 11.17.2011
Noetic experiences are real, they influence our health, our behaviors, and our lives, and they provide important clues about who and what we are and what we may be capable of.
Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011
The Kindle edition of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, his follow-up to 2003's smash hit The Da Vinci Code, has become the top-selling item on Amazon.com....
Slate Magazine | Chris Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011
For those of you who can't wait another moment for Dan Brown's next blockbuster, Slate has your fix: an interactive Dan Brown plot generator that take...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Whether you love or hate his ideas, it's hard to deny that Brown has a gift for pulling you in and getting you excited about the possibility that there are truths being kept from us.
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Dan Brown does it again, on paper and on the screen. Doubleday announced Wednesday that "The Lost Symbol," Brown's first novel since...
Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011
I've been asked if I'm "that Dan Brown" about 9,000 times. Brown's latest crypto-thriller, which is unleashed today, has brought with it a 50% uptick in alternately genuine and jokey questions for me.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
On the Today Show Tuesday, Matt Lauer talked with author Dan Brown about his newest book, "The Lost Symbol." The interview was conducted in Brown's "...
The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011