“The Book of Lies” by Brad Meltzer
I’m thrilled to start the New Year off with a giveaway from an author who really “gets” new media and how it 
affects publishing — but who also “gets” how much readers love real books. Brad Meltzer has been making readers happy with great stories ever since his first novel, The Tenth Justice, came out in 1997.
His latest book is The Book of Lies, and it combines Meltzer’s love of history and puzzles with his love of comic books. (If you’d like to take a look at any of his Justice League comic books, click here.) It also asks a lot of questions about Cain and Abel, fathers and sons, and what we owe the past versus what the past owes us. There’s a lot packed into this thriller!
But Brad packs a lot into each book tour, too. He never shirks an appearance and is truly gracious to his fans, yet he still manages to find time to do unexpected things (like get his publisher to sponsor a NASCAR vehicle when The Book of Secrets came out), to write a blog, and to run a foundation. One of the things he says that makes sense to me is “Just because it’s a book doesn’t mean you have to sell it like a book.”
In honor of Brad Meltzer, this week’s giveaway question is: Where or how would you sell a book differently? We’ve got ten copies of The Book of Lies to give to the first ten responses that meet our giveaway guidelines.
Tomorrow I’ll have my interview with Brad posted, and I hope you’ll enjoy listening to him talk about the little house in Ohio that inspires him (hint: it’s not where he grew up!).
