A Blizzard of Great Reading on the Way

The White Box program for 2005 gets off to a rousing start! Here are just some of the highlights for January:

Galleys, ARCs, and Finished Books:

• COMPANY MAN by Joseph Finder (St. Martin's)
• HUNTING UNICORNS by Bella Pollen (Grove Atlantic)
• LEEWAY COTTAGE by Beth Gutcheon (Morrow)
• THE KING'S ENGLISH by Salt Lake City independent bookseller Betsy Burton (Gibbs Smith)
• TOKYO CANCELLED by Rana Dasgupta (Black Cat)
• THE OTHER WOMAN by Jane Green (Viking)
• SILVERFIN by Charlie Higson (Miramax/Hyperion Books for Children)
• THE FAT MAN'S DAUGHTER by Caroline Petit (Soho)
• A LAND OF SHELTERED PROMISE by Jane Kirkpatrick (Waterbrook)
• EVERYONE'S PRETTY: A Novel by Lydia Millet (Soft Skull Press)
• THE PITY PARTY: 8th Grade in the Life of Me, Cass by Alison Pollet (Orchard Books)
• QBQ! The Question Behind the Question by John G. Miller (Putnam)
• TABLE FOR FIVE by Susan Wiggs (MIRA)
• KILLING KELLY by Heather Graham (MIRA)
• BIG HAIR AND FLYING COWS by Dolores J. Wilson (Medallion Press)
• A YEAR IN THE MERDE by Stephen Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• CITIZEN VINCE by Jess Walter (ReganBooks)
• ANTONIO'S WIFE by Jacqueline DeJohn (ReganBooks)
• THE CRUELEST MILES: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury (Norton)
• THE HUNGRY TIDE by Amitav Ghosh (Houghton Mifflin)

Plus Posters, Broadsides, Sell Sheets, Postcards, Excerpt Booklets, and more from:

• Loyola Press, Rodale, Greenleaf Book Group, Select Books, Simon & Schuster, Winged Victory Press (NBN/Biblio), and Abrams Books for Young Readers

As we enter the New Year, our thanks to you for your continued support of Book Sense. If you have any questions about specific aspects of the program, please use the following contact guidelines:

• Reporting to the Bestseller List: Go to www.bookweb.org/bestsellers/ or contact Meg Smith at (800) 637-0037, ext. 1239, [email protected].
• Sending in nominations to the Picks Lists: See the easy online form at www.bookweb.org/read/6305 or contact Dan Cullen at (800) 637-0037, ext. 1250, [email protected]
• Interested in the Book Sense Gift Card Program? Get details at www.bookweb.org/read/6303 or contact Jill Perlstein at (800) 637-0037, ext. 1283, [email protected].
• Need a Web site? Consider BookSense.com! For information see: www.bookweb.org/booksense/dotcom/ or contact Len Vlahos at (800) 637-0037, ext. 1215, [email protected]
• Any other questions or concerns? Feel free to contact me at (800) 637-0037, ext. 1240, [email protected]

Until next month,
Cheers,

Mark Nichols
Director, Book Sense Marketing