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New Dan Brown - 9/13/2009 11:51:05 PM
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JustaFan
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Dan Brown is coming out with a new book, The Lost Symbol, this week.
I'm a librarian, so we already received two copies. The head of our Acquisitions dept. had to sign a contract promising that we would not put it out before 9/15m would not enter it in our computer catalog, would not let staff read it before the 15th, etc. We got our copies about a week ago. There was a sticker on the box saying not to open it until the 15th, but there were other books in there, so we did. None of the staff was interested in reading it anyway, so we were not tempted by it.
This is just crazy. We had to do the same thing with the last two Harry Potter books, but in that case it seemed more legit. Patrons were excited about those books. They signed up on hold lists for Harry Potter long before the release date. Not one person has even mentioned the Dan Brown book to me. It seems like they are trying to create demand by hyping it with this big secrecy silliness.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/14/2009 6:31:14 AM
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I'm confused, are you saying you can't enter into the computer catalog at all, or just not until the 15th.
Every book at our library is available to be put on hold before it actually arrives, including this one. If they want to make people wait, I guess that's okay, but if they are saying you can never put it into the catalog, that's pretty dumb.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/14/2009 11:57:22 AM
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whats up with his books anyways., movies kill the novels. so badly i wouldnt read them again period
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/14/2009 9:32:40 PM
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It does seem dumb that you can't put it in the card catalog. Typically our library puts books in well before they come in and the wait list just starts. I do know that when I worked retail we often got boxes of movies and or cds that were marked do not open or sell before X. So it is not unusual, but perhaps a bit extreme in this case.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/14/2009 10:33:59 PM
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JustaFan
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I'm confused, are you saying you can't enter into the computer catalog at all, or just not until the 15th.
Every book at our library is available to be put on hold before it actually arrives, including this one. If they want to make people wait, I guess that's okay, but if they are saying you can never put it into the catalog, that's pretty dumb.
They are saying we are not allowed to put it in until the 15th. We can put the book information in the computer record, but we the cannot show that we own any copies. I know why it's weird. The patrons can put holds on it. I checked today. There are 141 holds on it, which may sound like a lot, but we are talking about a system with 55 libraries. That is not an unusual number of holds for a new book, definitely nowhere near the number we had for Harry Potter. If I recall correctly, there were over 600 holds on Harry Potter.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/14/2009 10:49:01 PM
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It does seem dumb that you can't put it in the card catalog. Typically our library puts books in well before they come in and the wait list just starts. I do know that when I worked retail we often got boxes of movies and or cds that were marked do not open or sell before X. So it is not unusual, but perhaps a bit extreme in this case.
Kris
We often have books and DVDs with release dates, and we do honor them. The weird part about this was all the drama, having to sign a contract, having to pretend we don't have copies until the release date, having to prohibit staff from reading them. We are even supposed to keep them locked up, as if an armed robber is going to come in and demand the new Dan Brown book at gun point. LOL
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/15/2009 3:04:08 AM
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It does seem dumb that you can't put it in the card catalog. Typically our library puts books in well before they come in and the wait list just starts. I do know that when I worked retail we often got boxes of movies and or cds that were marked do not open or sell before X. So it is not unusual, but perhaps a bit extreme in this case.
Kris
We often have books and DVDs with release dates, and we do honor them. The weird part about this was all the drama, having to sign a contract, having to pretend we don't have copies until the release date, having to prohibit staff from reading them. We are even supposed to keep them locked up, as if an armed robber is going to come in and demand the new Dan Brown book at gun point. LOL
It's all Marketing these days. As to the thought of Dan Brown books demanded "at gunpoint", don't give'm any ideas for a publicity sturnt....
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/15/2009 3:09:20 AM
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It's all Marketing these days. As to the thought of Dan Brown books demanded "at gunpoint", don't give'm any ideas for a publicity sturnt....
True.
It's after midnight, so you can now read the thing without breaking the contract. LOL
I don't think this marketing hype has worked. I haven't heard of any book stores staying open until midnight or fans waiting in line like there were when Harry Potter books came out.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/18/2009 6:19:50 PM
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I will start the bashing. Just finished it and it very blatantly anti-christian.
ie. every man is a god
you can't take the bible seriously because the real message is hidden only man takes it too literaly
It is really new age philosophy about man's ascension to the next step of evolution on our way to our godhood
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RE: New Dan Brown - 9/19/2009 3:13:52 PM
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i wont read it simply because i read about 5 pages of one of his books and tossed it in trash. i dont get my opinion swayed by others i c`heck it myself. but i wont change opinions on like music, movies, books and the such on grounds years later a great work is released by one. and nope not saying brown puts out good stuff now. i.,e i dont read him so how will i even know
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/7/2009 6:15:57 PM
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Interesting. You know that some people read those books before they are supposed to.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/8/2009 2:32:29 AM
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Interesting. You know that some people read those books before they are supposed to.
Oh yes, there is nothing that would really prevent a library employee or a bookstore employee from reading it before THE day. As long as one didn't go online and reveal the plot and ending it wouldn't be a big deal.
So far, the only two books we've received that made such a big fuss about the release date were this book and the last several Harry Potter books. Since I had no interest in reading any of them, I'm still pure. LOL
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/9/2009 8:33:38 AM
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I will start the bashing. Just finished it and it very blatantly anti-christian.
ie. every man is a god
you can't take the bible seriously because the real message is hidden only man takes it too literaly
It is really new age philosophy about man's ascension to the next step of evolution on our way to our godhood
The usual anti-Chrsitian gnostic garbage. Dan Brown is a worthless author who has much in common with a horse's rear-end. Namely, they both produce the same product.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/9/2009 7:57:23 PM
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A new dan brown. Oh, spare me! I fear money is being shamelessly wasted in a bad economy. How about where's Waldo for a good search puzzle?
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/9/2009 8:03:40 PM
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Okay, let me clarify. Dan has a rep for a good yarn and the Davinci code was largely ripped from a couple old Marovingian myths in HOLY BLOOD HOLY GRAIL and the reading to be read in a mirror was hardly more than a quick trick for a first year magician. It insulted Catholicism and Christianity in one fell swoop and my understanding from reviews is this is similar drivel. I checked out the first since my daughter and brother enjoyed it but only with a copy bought at Goodwill. I would do the same with this one. My previous post applies from here.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/9/2009 10:33:51 PM
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I will start the bashing. Just finished it and it very blatantly anti-christian.
ie. every man is a god
you can't take the bible seriously because the real message is hidden only man takes it too literaly
It is really new age philosophy about man's ascension to the next step of evolution on our way to our godhood
The usual anti-Chrsitian gnostic garbage. Dan Brown is a worthless author who has much in common with a horse's rear-end. Namely, they both produce the same product.
Just full of love today, aren't we?
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/10/2009 10:15:45 AM
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I just finished The Lost Symbol a couple of days ago. I actually enjoyed The Davinci Code (I can't really remember Angels & Demons, so I must not have enjoyed it too much).
I found The Lost Symbol to be a terrible read. At first blush, Brown seemed more concerned with creating controversy in order to generate the same type of media/church buzz to sell books as with the Davinci Code, than writing an excellent novel. This book was just silly and boring.
I have started reading The Digital Fortress, also by Dan Brown, and so far it has been interesting to read. I'm only about 30 pages in though.
Let the pdvc19 bashing begin.
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RE: New Dan Brown - 10/10/2009 7:05:58 PM
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I will start the bashing. Just finished it and it very blatantly anti-christian.
ie. every man is a god
you can't take the bible seriously because the real message is hidden only man takes it too literaly
It is really new age philosophy about man's ascension to the next step of evolution on our way to our godhood
The usual anti-Chrsitian gnostic garbage. Dan Brown is a worthless author who has much in common with a horse's rear-end. Namely, they both produce the same product.
Just full of love today, aren't we?
I'm full of love every day, and bologna every other. 
In all seriousness, I think my words were much more mild than those of , say, Jesus or Jude or Paul in confronting the anti-God squad 
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