Leah Wilson's Blog, page 17
December 1, 2011
Get inside Lisbeth Salander's head: The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Each season we announce our new titles individually, each in their own post, to give you a little extra background behind the book. If you've missed any, you can check them all out here. Fall 2011′s intro posts are here.
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On December 21, 2012, the American film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo premieres. I confess: I haven't seen the Swedish version. I hear it's pretty incredible. But at least judging by the trailer, this new version looks pretty incredible too:
In the months since ...
November 28, 2011
The Smart Pop gift guide: books and more
December always sneaks up on me: suddenly, I'm inundated with Black Friday sales emails, and I realize I have a full list of Hanukah and Christmas gifts to shop for and not a lot of time to do it in.
In case you're in the same boat: here's our top 5 best gift bets from our last 12 months of new releases. We've also added a few related non-book gift options to round out each suggestion—just in case you really like the person (or your Secret Santa lower limit is higher than a list price of...
The Psychology of Twilight giveaway winner!
Thanks to everyone for commenting on our Psychology of Twilight giveaway! The answers were really interesting and really split. In case you're curious about what movie came out on top, here's the breakdown:
Total votes: 45
Twilight: 12 votes or 27%
New Moon: 3 votes or 7%
Eclipse: 15 votes or 33%
Breaking Dawn: 14 votes or 31%
Eclipse is just barely the winner!
Now, the winners of the book:
Congrats to Diana (#33), Stepany (#19), Sarah (#1), Maria Belen (#42), and Lauren (#17)!
I'll be in touch s...
November 22, 2011
Sign up for our mailing lists, get free excerpts!
If you're already signed up for certain book mailing lists, you'll have heard about the exciting new initiative we're starting. When you sign up for designated mailing lists (they'll be paired with the above graphic), you'll not only get the latest news on the book, but we'll also email you a free PDF of book content. There are thirteen excerpts you can download right now and there's no limit to what you can sign up for, so go crazy if the mood strikes you! Scroll down in the post to see...
November 17, 2011
The Psychology of Twilight Giveaway!
Since Leah introduced The Psychology of Twilight a few weeks ago, I'm sure many of you have been eager to pick up a copy of Smart Pop's latest anthology for your own (in time for the big movie release of Breaking Dawn: Part 1).
If you have wanted to read this anthology, today just may be your lucky day. We're giving away five copies of The Psychology of Twilight to five (randomly selected!) commenters.
We'll leave this giveaway up through the weekend—in case you're busy fighting the crowds at t...
November 16, 2011
Watch our Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook authors in action!
The media coverage is just getting started for The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook—you can read some great local coverage from Needham's Wicked Local and the Boston Herald. But we particularly wanted to share this great video the Boston Herald shot of Judy and Peter talking about the book and even putting together a few of the recipes. (You also get a little visual taste of the book itself, as they flip through.)
And of course, don't forget you can get the introduction and some sample recipes by s...
November 1, 2011
Halloween "Costume" Contest Winners
Thanks to everyone who entered our Halloween book giveaway! There were lots of entertaining comments and creative costume ideas that really put my burglar outfit to shame.
Here are our five winners, who will get their choice of Fringe Science, The Psychology of Twilight, or Triumph of The Walking Dead!
John Bradford (Mad Scientist)
Dale Donovan (Envy, of the seven deadly sins)
Mandy (Hello Kitty)
Matt (Land Shark)
Susan (Cleopatra)
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If you didn't win this time, we've got plenty of giveaways...
October 31, 2011
Because there can never be enough Hunger Games books in the world . . .
. . . we'd like to announce—very, very early—the future publication of The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, From Mellark Bakery to Mockingjays.
The Panem Companion, to be released December 2012, is written by V. Arrow, better known to a lot of Hunger Games fandom as aimmyarrowshigh, the creator of this brilliant unofficial map of Panem—which was my first introduction to her, actually, long before there was any talk of books. (And I have to give a quick...
Happy Halloween!
Have a corgi dressed as Doctor Who:
(more corgis in costume, via buzzfeed.com)
And a reminder: You can still enter to win a copy of Triumph of the Walking Dead, Fringe Science, or The Psychology of Twilight until midnight Central time tonight.
Happy trick-or-treating!
October 28, 2011
Halloween Treats!
We're big fans of any holiday that encourages dressing up, and to celebrate Halloween, we're giving away everyone's favorite prize . . . books! Five lucky winners will get their choice of one of three Smart Pop titles: Fringe Science, The Psychology of Twilight, or Triumph of The Walking Dead. All you have to do to enter is tell us what you're going to be on All Hallow's Eve in the comments below by midnight on Monday, October 31 Central Time; we'll announce the winner the next...
