Brillance Audio NEWS FOR RETAILERS New Audiobooks on Cassette, Compact Disc, and MP3-CD


IN THIS ISSUE:
New Audiobooks Simultaneous with the Print Books
New Young Adult Audiobook Simultaneous with the Print Book
First Time in Audio
Re-Released in New Media
Audiobook Collections on Compact Disc
Value-Priced Audiobooks on Compact Disc $14.99
Don't Forget the New Audiobooks Releasing February 2008
Audiobook Award Nominees
February 2008 Book Sense Picks
Author Tie-In Program
Brilliance Bits Podcast
Enhanced Standing Order Service for Resellers


New Audiobooks Simultaneous with the Print Books


BLUE-EYED DEVIL: A Novel
by Lisa Kleypas
read by Renée Raudman

ROMANCE: Sugar Daddy was Lisa Kleypas’s New York Times bestselling breakthrough. Now she builds on that success with her most sinfully sexy novel yet.

• Simultaneous release with the St. Martin's Press hardcover
• 250,000-copy first printing

978-1-59737-861-1 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-59737-863-5 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-59737-867-3 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS: A Novel
by Anne Perry
read by Michael Page

MYSTERY: From the New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, the first Thomas Pitt novel since Long Spoon Lane features an inside view of Buckingham Palace in the aftermath of a bloody murder.

• Simultaneous release with the Ballantine hardcover
• 100,000-copy first printing
• The 25th novel in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series

978-1-59600-276-0 Unabridged on 11 Compact Discs $40.95
978-1-59335-981-2 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-59600-278-4 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



DEAD HEAT
by Joel C. Rosenberg
read by Phil Gigante

THRILLER: From New York Times bestselling novelist Joel C. Rosenberg comes an explosive political thriller released amid the drama of the 2008 presidential campaign…and God forbid it should ever come true.

• Simultaneous release with the Tyndale hardcover
• 100,000-copy first printing
• Follow-up to The Copper Scroll

978-1-4233-3087-5 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-3089-9 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-3093-6 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



DEAD TIME
by Stephen White
read by Dick Hill

SUSPENSE: A thriller that builds upon recent revelations but stands alone as an introduction to one of fiction’s most compelling heroes.

• Simultaneous release with the Dutton hardcover
• 100,000-copy first printing
• The 16th novel in Dr. Alan Gregory series

978-1-4233-2888-9 Unabridged on 11 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-2894-0 Unabridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95
978-1-4233-2890-2 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



LOST SOULS
by Lisa Jackson
read by Joyce Bean

SUSPENSE: #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson delivers her most harrowing novel yet as a young woman’s determined hunt for a serial killer draws her into a twisted psychopath’s unspeakable crimes.

• Simultaneous release with the Kensington hardcover
• 75,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-1525-4 Unabridged on 12 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-1527-8 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-1531-5 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



CHARLEY'S WEB
by Joy Fielding
read by Susan Ericksen

SUSPENSE: New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Joy Fielding tells the story of an ambitious journalist whose foray into the mind of a killer puts her own family in jeopardy.

• Simultaneous release with the Atria hardcover
• 75,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-2552-9 Unabridged on 11 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-2554-3 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-2558-1 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



THE CURE FOR MODERN LIFE
by Lisa Tucker
read by Scott Brick

FICTION: From the bestselling author of Once Upon a Day and The Song Reader comes a powerful and poignant story about three successful friends forced to confront what they truly believe in when a homeless boy disrupts their carefully planned lives.

• Simultaneous release with the Atria hardcover
• 75,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-4883-2 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-4885-6 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-4888-7 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



OLIVE KITTERIDGE
by Elizabeth Strout
read by Sandra Burr

FICTION: In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge.

• Simultaneous release with the Random House hardcover
• 50,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-5003-3 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-5005-7 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-5009-5 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



THE AMATEUR SPY
by Dan Fesperman
read by Phil Gigante

THRILLER: The Amateur Spy takes listeners to a flashpoint of global intrigue, recasting the spy novel for the post-9/11 world: Anyone might be watching; everyone is suspect.

• Simultaneous release with Knopf hardcover
• 75,000-copy first printing from Knopf

978-1-4233-1783-8 Unabridged on 12 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-1785-2 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-1789-0 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



TWISTED
by Andrea Kane
read by Joyce Bean

THRILLER: New York Times bestselling novelist Andrea Kane leads you down a dark and twisted alleyway, littered with drugs, kidnapping, and murder. Navigating expertly between the mind of a deranged serial killer and the FBI special agents racing to end his lethal spree, Kane delivers a complex, unforgettable story based on extensive research with the FBI and its Crisis Negotiation and Behavioral Analysis Units.

• Simultaneous release with the William Morrow hardcover
• 50,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-6246-3 Unabridged on 12 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-6247-0 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow
by Jim Hightower
read by Jim Hightower and Susan DeMarco

HUMOR: The New York Times bestselling author and America’s funniest activist gives the lowdown on how to put up—not shut up—in the fight for our future.

• Simultaneous release with the Wiley hardcover
• 50,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-6358-3 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6360-6 Abridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE DAY FREEDOM DIED: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
by Charles Lane
read by Jim Bond

HISTORY: The untold story of the slaying of a Southern town’s ex-slaves and a white lawyer’s historic battle to bring the perpetrators to justice.

• Simultaneous release with the Henry Holt hardcover
• 25,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-6071-1 Unabridged on 11 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-6073-5 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 ROUNDS: Chasing a Golf Ball from Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun
by David Wood
read by David Wood

SPORTS: Around the World in 80 Rounds is as funny as it is insightful, and listeners will want to follow David Wood wherever he explores golf as it is played around the globe.

• Simultaneous release with the St. Martin's Press hardcover
• 40,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-5071-2 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-5073-6 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE BEST SERVICE IS NO SERVICE: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs
by Bill Price
read by Jim Bond

BUSINESS-CUSTOMER SERVICE: This may be the biggest "game-changing" book ever written in the customer service field. The former service chief at Amazon.com shows that customer service is only needed when a company does something wrong—eliminating the need for service is the best way to satisfy customers.

• Simultaneous release with the Jossey-Bass hardcover

978-1-4233-6008-7 Abridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-6010-0 Abridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



GENERATION BLEND: Managing across the Technology Age Gap
by Rob Salkowitz
read by Bill Weideman

BUSINESS-MANAGEMENT: As new technology innovations continue to arrive in the market and in the workplace, organizations with cultures that accommodate generational diversity will enjoy enormous competitive advantage, this book shows them the way.

• Simultaneous release with the Wiley hardcover

978-1-4233-6001-8 Abridged on 6 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6003-2 Abridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



IF LOOKS COULD KILL
by M. William Phelps
read by J. Charles

TRUE CRIME: Unbelievable true crime featuring a vengeful beauty queen.

• Simultaneous release with the Kensington Books mass market original
• 150,000-copy first printing from Kensington Books
• This story has been featured on Dateline twice; and they are following the case—the killer is appealing. The author has been featured on a variety of television programs and in print media. The book will be featured on the Oxygen Network’s show CAPTURED.

978-1-4233-4915-0 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-4917-4 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-4921-1 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95

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New Young Adult Audiobook Simultaneous with the Print Books


STEEL TRAPP: The Challenge
by Ridley Pearson
read by William Dufris

YOUNG ADULT: Steven "Steel" Trapp's photographic memory proves to be both a blessing and a curse in this action-packed thriller from the bestselling co-author of Peter and the Shadow Thieves.

• Simultaneous release with the Disney Editions hardcover
• 75,000-copy first printing
• Ages 10 and up

978-1-4233-3857-4 Unabridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95
978-1-4233-3859-8 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95


First Time in Audio


311 PELICAN COURT
by Debbie Macomber
read by Sandra Burr

ROMANCE: Book three in Debbie Macomber's popular Cedar Cove Series—Rosie Cox shares the latest gossip.

• Popular mass market paperback series now available on audio

978-1-4233-4829-0 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-4835-1 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95
978-1-4233-4831-3 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE DARK HIGHLANDER
by Karen Marie Moning
read by Phil Gigante

FANTASY: Journey to a world of ancient magic, breathtaking sensuality, thrilling time-travel....Journey to the world of The Dark Highlander. Crisscrossing the continents and the centuries, here is a novel as gripping as it is sensual—an electrifying adventure that will leave you breathless....

• First time in audio

978-1-4233-4154-3 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-4156-7 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE VOICE OF THE NIGHT
by Dean Koontz
read by Patrick G. Lawlor

SUSPENSE: Two young men begin a dangerous game in this classic tale of suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.

• First time on audio!

978-1-4233-3933-5 Unabridged on 7 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-3935-9 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95

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Re-Released in New Media
Available for the First Time Unabridged on Compact Disc


MOUNT DRAGON
by Douglas Preston
read by David Colacci

FICTION: A fascinating and horrifying techno-thriller from the authors of Relic.

• Available for the first time unabridged on compact disc

978-1-4233-5613-4 Unabridged on 13 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-5615-8 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95

Available for the First Time on MP3-CD

1916
by Morgan Llywelyn


BAD BLOOD
by Judith Reitman


THE DITCHDIGGER'S DAUGHTERS
by Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D.


EYE CONTACT
by Stephen Collins


FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER
by Stephen Coonts


FRACTAL MODE
by Piers Anthony


THE MONKEY HOUSE
by John Fullerton


ONE POEM AT A TIME
by Samuel Hazo


THE RUNAWAY
by Terry Kay


THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD
by Akosua Busia


THE TRENCH
by Steve Alten


VEGAS HEAT
by Fern Michaels


VEGAS RICH
by Fern Michaels


VEGAS SUNRISE
by Fern Michaels


VIRGINS OF PARADISE
by Barbara Wood


Audiobook Collections on Compact Disc


KAREN KINGSBURY REDEMPTION CD COLLECTION: Redemption, Remember, Return, Rejoice, Reunion
by Karen Kingsbury
read by Sandra Burr

FAITH-BASED FICTION: Share the Baxter family's joys and struggles, triumphs and pain.

978-1-4233-5158-0 Abridged on 20 Compact Discs $36.95



SANDRA BROWN CD COLLECTION 3: Slow Heat in Heaven, Best Kept Secrets, Breath of Scandal
by Sandra Brown
read by Dick Hill

ROMANTIC-SUSPENSE: Three women search for justice and freedom from their pasts...and find love

978-1-4233-5159-7 Abridged on 15 Compact Discs $34.95

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Value-Priced Audiobooks on Compact Disc $14.99

ABSOLUTE FEAR
by Lisa Jackson


BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET
by Debbie Macomber


CREATION IN DEATH
by J.D. Robb


THE DEAD ROOM
by Heather Graham


FLASHPOINT
by Suzanne Brockmann


HEARTSTOPPER
by Joy Fielding


MOMZILLAS
by Jill Kargman


PANDORA'S DAUGHTER
by Iris Johansen


REVENGE OF INNOCENTS
by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg


THE RIVER KNOWS
by Amanda Quick


SWIMMING LESSONS
by Mary Alice Monroe


WE SHALL NOT SLEEP
by Anne Perry


THE WILDE WOMEN


WIZARD AT LARGE


THE WOODS
by Harlan Coben

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Don’t Forget the New Audiobooks Releasing February 2008

HONOR THYSELF
by Danielle Steel



STRANGERS IN DEATH
by J.D. Robb



BETRAYAL: A Novel
by John Lescroart



THE FIRST PATIENT
by Michael Palmer


FIREFLY LANE
by Kristin Hannah



THE KILLING GROUND
by Jack Higgins



L.A. OUTLAWS: A Novel
by T. Jefferson Parker



THE SPARE WIFE
by Alex Witchel



THE INVISIBLE
by Andrew Britton



LOVE AND CONSEQUENCES: A Memoir of Hope and Survival
by Margaret B. Jones



SOMEDAY
by Karen Kingsbury



THE RIDDLE: Where Ideas Come from and How to Have Better Ones
by Andrew Razeghi



RULES TO BREAK AND LAWS TO FOLLOW: How Your Business Can Beat the Crisis of Short-Termism
by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Ph.D.



204 ROSEWOOD LANE
by Debbie Macomber



HIDDEN RICHES
by Nora Roberts



HONEST ILLUSIONS
by Nora Roberts



HOSTAGE
by Robert Crais



THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT
by Robert Crais




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Audiobook Award Nominees
   DILYS AWARD NOMINEE


THUNDER BAY: A Cork O'Connor Mystery
by William Kent Krueger
read by Buck Schirner

Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger has been named a nominee for the Dilys Award Sponsored by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
The winner will be announced at Left Coast Crime in Denver, March 6-9

   AUDIO PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION "AUDIE AWARD" FINALISTS





Category: THRILLER/ SUSPENSE
Category: THRILLER/ SUSPENSE
Category: ROMANCE
Category: ROMANCE
Category: MYSTERY
NO TIME FOR GOODBYE
by Linwood Barclay

narrated by Christopher Lane

THE SECRET SERVANT
by Daniel Silva
narrated by Phil Gigante

SUGAR DADDY
by Lisa Kleypas

narrated by Jeannie Stith

BEYOND THE HIGHLAND MIST
by Karen Marie Moning

narrated by Phil Gigante

THUNDER BAY
by William Kent Krueger

narrated by Buck Schirner


February 2008 Book Sense Picks


FIREFLY LANE: A Novel
by Kristin Hannah
read by Susan Ericksen

FICTION: From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel about love and loss and the magic of friendship....

978-1-4233-2501-7 Unabridged on 15 Compact Discs $39.95
978-1-4233-2503-1 Unabridged on 2 MP3-CD $29.95
978-1-4233-2507-9 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95


L.A. OUTLAWS: A Novel
by T. Jefferson Parker
read by David Colacci and Susan Ericksen

MYSTERY: New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker takes listeners on a wild ride through L.A., on the tail of an elusive lady thief.

978-1-4233-0597-2 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-0599-6 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-0603-0 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95

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