The November White Box -- Much to Give Thanks For

Our Book Sense Publisher Partners have outdone themselves this month, with a cornucopia of goodies for you to consider. Here are just some of the highlights:

Galleys, ARCs, and Finished Books:

• William Morrow offers the latest from William Lashner entitled Past Due
  
• The third in the delightful series of Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots is to be published by Viking
  
• From Atlantic Monthly comes Maggie Darling by James Howard Kunstler
  
• MacAdam/Cage brings you the much-anticipated first novel of award-winning short story writer Renee Manfredi entitled Above The Thunder
  
• Highly regarded author Helen Dunmore returns with Mourning Ruby, coming from Putnam
  
• Author of The Hiding Place, Trezza Azzopardi returns with her latest novel, Remember Me, to be published by Grove
  
• The mother-and-daughter writing team known as P.J. Tracy follows up last year's Monkeewrench with their latest thriller, Live Bait, coming from Putnam
  
• Bloomsbury offers the second in Daniel Hecht's Cree Black series (following last year's City of Masks) entitled Land of Echoes
  
• From the Shaye Areheart imprint at Crown comes Cooking for Harry: A Low-Carbohydrate Novel by Kay-Marie James
  
• Avon sends finished mass market copies of Michael Crichton's latest, Prey (and look for a Prey shelf-talker in the manila folder)
  
• Penguin brings you Dearest Dorothy, Are We There Yet?, a novel by Charlene Ann Baumbich
  
• Other Press offers Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the tie-in to a feature film starring Omar Sharif to be released next spring
  

Posters, bookmarks, catalogs, buttons, and other point-of-purchase materials from:
John Wiley, Tor, Sleeping Bear Press, Scholastic, Bay Books, Disinformation Company, Archipelago Books (Consortium), Harcourt, Ocean Press (Consortium), Toby Press, DK, Star Bright Books, Kidwick Books (PGW), Frog, Ltd. (PGW), Hohm Press, Big Guy Books, and MichaelsMind

And in the Folder -- postcards, sell sheets, shelf-talkers, and more from:
Other Press, Harcourt, Storey Publishing, Scholastic, Perseus, Akashic Books (Consortium), Leapfrog (Consortium), AK Press (Consortium), Rodale, Seven Stories Press, Time Warner Book Group, McGraw-Hill, Arcade, Tor, Crystal Clarity, Bonus Books, HarperCollins, and Random House

Plus:
Don't miss your copy of the latest Ruminator Review poster and a copy of the "Just Kidding" New Yorker magazine insert from the 10/6/03 issue, also found in the Folder.

Another month of something for everyone, and another boxful of reasons to be thankful for the support of our Book Sense Publisher Partners. From all of us at Book Sense to you and your entire store staff, our best wishes for a very special Thanksgiving. And here's to a great selling season!

Until next month,
Mark Nichols
Director, Book Sense Marketing
[email protected]