Good Reads

We packed up the last two days and went down to Times Square (we don't think we've ever been there at 8.30 am before – scary) and attended an online marketing / book publishing conference called "Tools of Change" (seriously, that's the name – insert comments about being a tool Here: ____).

Anyway – Learned a lot, met some great people, drank a ton of coffee (there were some moments we almost passed out when the talk go technical). One of our favorite sessions was with Otis Chandler of Good Reads and Tim Spalding of Library Thing. We were captivated. Enthralled. Energized. So we've gone out and have built our own Good Reads profile. Click HERE to see us.

Thanks, Otis.

(Sorry, Tim, we'll get on Library Thing tomorrow).

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A 3-Part Video Podcast with Tahmima Anam, Author of A GOLDEN AGE

Harper is thrilled to introduce you to Tahmima Anam, author of the upcoming A GOLDEN AGE – on sale January 8, 2008.

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DORIS LESSING WINS THE 2007 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

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..>..> ..> ..>..>..>  Available Now Click HERE for the official announcement from the The Nobel Foundation and for more information on the Nobel Prize. .. HarperCollinsPublishers 10 East 53rd Street  New York, New York 10022 Copyright © 2007 HarperCollinsPublishers www.harpercollins.com DORIS LESSING Wins the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature   -------------------------------------------------   Experience Doris Lessing's Latest Novel THE CLEFT   "A superb and daring work…An extraordinary vision of the establishment of human life on earth that overturns every other way of seeing it… Convincing in the way all fine art is…What an amazing book, bringing together as it does Lessing's radicalism, her feminism and her propensity for speculative fiction… A gift from one of the great mothers of the contemporary novel."  — Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune   -------------------------------------------------   Click HERE for a list of Doris Lessing's backlist titles available from Harper Perennial including her seminal work The Golden Notebook.

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Early Readers Wanted!

Be the first to read two exciting new Harper novels.

SWORD SONG: THE BATTLE FOR LONDON from New York Times Bestseller Bernard Cornwell.

In the exhilarating Saxon Tales series, Bernard Cornwell reimagines one of the most fascinating tales in all of history — the birth of England — and breathes life into the brilliant king who made it possible: Alfred the Great.

ON SALE JANUARY 22, 2008 – But click HERE to enter to read it now!

SHARP TEETH by Toby Barlow

Rival gangs of werewolves terrorize L.A. in this contemporary novel, with a good-hearted dogcatcher and his werewolf girlfriend caught up in the struggle for survival in this debut novel.

ON SALE JANUARY 29, 2008 – But click HERE to enter to read it now!

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Struggling Writers - Come on in!
Current mood: Generous

Are you a struggling writer? We love struggling writers. You're our favorite people. We want to hear about your novel. Here's the deal - be our friend (I'm feeling needy today) - and send us an email with a FIVE sentence max description of your novel and a THREE sentence max description of YOU. A link to a writing sample is always helpful, too (we won't count the link as one of the EIGHT sentences you're allotted) and please include your email address so we can get back to you.

Who knows what could happen....

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By any other name.
Current mood: apathetic

I doubt any of you will find this interesting - but here it is anyway...

While tooling around BEA the other day, I ended up having lunch with one of my favorite people – Jenn from Shelf Awareness. During our lunch – over a wilted salad and a turkey sandwich I now would like to forget I ate – Jenn kept saying "Harper-Harper." Not knowing what she was talking about, I said "Jenn, what are you talking about?"

Unbeknownst to me – apparently in the publishing world the "Harper" imprint of HarperCollins Publishers is known as "Harper-Harper," as a way of distinguishing the Harper imprint from the entire company.

Down the street – at 55^th and Broadway – the Random House imprint of Random House, Inc. has long been known as "Little Random." (For years I thought "Little Random" was their children's division).

Again – this piece of trivial and useless information is my gift to you.

Go read a book.

- KC

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Go read a book.
Current mood: ecstatic

Yes, that's right. I'm talking to you. Go read a book. Then tell me below what book you're reading.

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FREE BOOKS!

Thank you for being our friend. We love our friends and we love our books – so now we're going to bring the two of you together!

Over the course of the summer Harper will be sending advance readers editions and galleys, finished books and more to some of our friends (chosen randomly).

Do you want a free book? Send us an email through MySpace with the information below filled out – and we'll add you to our mailing list.

*** NOTE: YOU MUST SIGN UP TO BE OUR MYSPACE FRIEND TO ENTER OUR MAILING LIST*** We're nice people. Be our friend. Please.

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We'd also like to know what you're interested in reading...

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