Simon & Schuster and literary agent, in a wistful New York Times essay. Relatively simple,' recalled Joni Evans, former publishing executive at I grew up in publishing in the 1970s, the process and the tools were As a result, books on sale in Europe won't be in Google scans even if they're no longer available in the U.S.-unless the author wants them included. and sell them online,' the Wall Street Journal reported. In a move meant to blunt criticism from European authors and publishers, Google said it will 'remove all European books that are still commercially available from its $125 million program to scan orphaned and out-of-print books in the U.S. Still, Next Chapter, Mequon, Wis., will be open early Tuesday and is giving free copies of the book to customers who 'commit to buying $100 worth of books in one sale.' Some independents aren't excited about The Lost Symbol because of potential lost sales to major discounters and are more interested in books about subjects The Lost Symbol centers on, such as secret societies, the Freemasons, the founding fathers, etc. 'Our goal is with our merchandising and display to encourage people to buy another book while they're in the stores.' About half of Borders stores will stay open after midnight on early Tuesday morning a la Harry Potter. The company hopes to get customers buying The Lost Symbol to grab something else.

'I think it's going to be a great week for bookselling,' Kathryn Popoff, v-p for the trade division at Borders Group, told the paper. Booksellers expressed enthusiasm about The Lost Symbol and other titles coming out next week, including Senator Edward Kennedy's True Compass and Jon Krakauer's Where Men Win Glory. Today's New York Times surveyed the fall book season, leading with Dan Brown's Lost Symbol, which will be featured this week on the Today Show and includes an interview with Brown on pub date, a week from today.

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