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Stephenie Meyer’s third book, EclipseEclipse is rolling out in hardcover today with a 1 million book print run. It is Little, Brown’s largest first copy print run for a Young Adult book.

Via Shelf Awareness.

Announcement

I just received notice that the ebook was not to be released early and that the ebook vendors made an error in selling it early. The on-sale date for Eclipse is August 7th. Please do not post spoilers to the book here. We will delete them if you do.

Update: BooksonBoard, to make up for its gaffe, is offering e-copies of New Moon at $8.99 and Twilight for $4.49. Twilight was one of my 2005 books of the year. If you are a romance fan of vampire paranormals, I think you would enjoy this book. The promo code is ECLIPSESLIP for the Books on Board discount. The offer ends 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time, August 6, 2007.

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Want to read the book before its in the stores? Reason 101 to be an ebook reader. Today, Stephenie Meyer’s third book in the Edward and Bella saga is was on sale at Books on Board in ebook format and downloadable right this second but will not be any longer given that BonB wasn’t supposed to release the book until August 7. …

I’ve got a hardcover copy of this book to giveaway to a random commenter. You just need to post the best bad date/bad prom night story in your memory banks. The comments will close on Sunday, April 22.
My worst date was in college. I hadn’t much dating experience. My parents were strict and my social circle was small. I was a bit overweight, quite mousy and spent most of my time with my books. By the time I got to college, I may have had a dozen dates under my belt. I fully intended to throw myself head first into the dating pool which we all know is very dangerous.

It was early fall and I owned a pair of white jeans. Yep, white. We all now know where this is going, right? I had a spill. I went to the bathroom and tried to scrub said spill out only when you add water to spills and then adding scrubbing, it only ends in a larger, MUCH larger stain. Luckily I had a cardigan which I …

Prom Nights from Hell is a thoroughly entertaining collection of stories from five of the top teen writers in the business. The fresh and fully realized worlds will engage the entire spectrum of readers from tween to adult. While not all of the stories are self contained as some appear to be introductions to future series, there is enough to satisfy. What makes the anthology really shine is the variety of riffs on the same theme: prom night gone bad. Every author tells a unique and different tale from various points of view. Even the guys aren’t left out. Overall, this is one of the best anthologies I’v read of late and would rate the book a B+.
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Dear Ms. Cabot:

You open the anthology with The Exterminator’s Daughter. Mary is not your normal high school student. She’s a vampire killer’s daughter. Mary’s mother was The Exterminator of all kinds of otherworldly bad guys until, well, the bad guys got her. Mary is determined to take vengeance starting with killing Sebastian Drake, a descendant of Dracula. Besides being a vampire and all around bad guy, Sebastian has …

Dear Gentle Reader:

Are you a Bella and Edward fan? If you are, I assume that you have been to her website to read the first chapter in Midnight Sun, right? Because it is the first chapter in Edward’s version of what happened.

Go now. NOW!

Best

Jane