Madison Commencement
Bengals hold off season activites
Missing in American Memorial
Book Nook provides readers with insights into the world of books. Vick Mickunas takes you into the center of the publishing world with the latest book buzz, book reviews, and exclusive chats with authors..Home > Blogs > Book Nook > Archives > 2007 > August > 07 > Entry
the lovely bones—redux
Alice Sebold’s first novel, THE LOVELY BONES, was a publishing sensation. I was puzzled today to receive a copy of it in audiobook form. Surely, it was already available in audiobook?
So, I checked. And, it was. THE LOVELY BONES was published in 2002. An audiobook version was released with narration by Alyssa Bresnahan.
I wondered, what is different about this latest version? The first thing that I noticed is that the reader on this one is Alice Sebold herself. That might be enough to spur some more sales.
Still, there had to be some other reason for this new version? Then, I figured it out:
You see, Alice Sebold has her highly anticipated new book coming out soon. It is called THE ALMOST MOON. Here’s the hook: This new audiobook contains a preview chapter of her new book.
Bingo! That’s marketing. Maybe if they can get us to listen to the new audiobook of THE LOVELY BONES that will spark an interest in the new book as well ?
What do you think? Did you read THE LOVELY BONES? Would you buy her new book because you liked the last one?
Vick Mickunas
Permalink | Comments (3) | Categories: audiobook extra
Comments
By vick mickunas
August 23, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
Somebody must have liked it??By Barbara Delaney
August 9, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this
I read this book when everyone else was reading it and thought it was okay, not great. I thought the ending was weak and contrived. The best book I’ve ever read of this type would be The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks. Now that was a great book, beginning, middle and end.By Frank
August 8, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this
The biggest surprise about The Lovely Bones was how a complete ripoff of the movie “Ghost” could generate so much hype.