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


NEW AUDIOBOOKS IN THIS ISSUE:
Fiction Releasing in June 2008
Nonfiction Releasing in June 2008
Business Releasing in June 2008
Young Adult Releasing in June 2008
Re-Released in New Media
Three-in-One Collections on Compact Disc
Value-Priced Audiobooks on Compact Disc
Take Another Look: Don't Miss These Newly Released Titles

Audiobook Award Nominees
Upcoming Conferences

Author Tie-In Program
Brilliance Bits Podcast
Enhanced Standing Order Service for Resellers


Fiction Audiobooks Releasing in June 2008


ROGUE
by Danielle Steel
read by Brian Keith Lewis

ROMANCE: Meet Maxine Williams, a dedicated doctor with three great kids, a challenging career, and the perfect new man in her life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly charming, utterly infuriating ex-husband, a.k.a., the…ROGUE

• Simultaneous release with the Delacorte hardcover
• 700,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-2028-9 Unabridged on 8 Cassettes $36.95
978-1-4233-2030-2 Unabridged on 8 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-2032-6 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-2036-4 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



TAILSPIN
by Catherine Coulter
reader to be announced

ROMANTIC-SUSPENSE: From the #1 bestselling author, a stunning FBI novel of secrets, mayhem, and murder

• Simultaneous release with the Putnam hardcover
• 600,000-copy first printing
• The twelfth novel in the FBI series

978-1-59355-731-7 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-59335-658-3 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-0666-5 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



NO CHOICE BUT SEDUCTION
by Johanna Lindsey
read by Laural Merlington

ROMANCE: #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey presents her 45th novel—the ninth in her extraordinarily popular Malory Family series— featuring dashing rogue Boyd Anderson and the American lady who has one very good reason to dislike him, although he’s determined to give her many more reasons to love him….

• Simultaneous release with the Pocket Books hardcover
• 250,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-2788-2 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-2790-5 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-2794-3 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



BLOOD NOIR
by Laurell K. Hamilton
read by Cynthia Holloway

FANTASY: Now the old bastard’s dying and I won’t have time to forgive him before he goes…

• Simultaneous release with the Berkley hardcover
• 200,000-copy first printing
• The sixteenth novel in the Anita Blake Vampire series

978-1-59737-895-6 Unabridged on 11 Compact Discs $46.95
978-1-59737-897-0 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-59737-901-4 Abridged on 6 Compact Discs $29.95



COLLISION
by Jeff Abbott
read by Phil Gigante

THRILLER: The international bestseller returns with his most ambitious, multi-dimensional, and tightly-crafted thriller yet, a breakout achievement featuring his hallmark blend of ordinary people in extraordinary danger.

• Simultaneous release with the Dutton hardcover
• 200,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-6216-6 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-6218-0 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS: A Novel
by Andre Dubus III
read by Dan John Miller

FICTION: From the author of the New York Times bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club selection House of Sand and Fog—a big-hearted, painful novel

• Simultaneous release with the Norton hardcover
• 150,000-copy first printing

978-1-4233-6657-7 Unabridged on 12 Compact Discs $38.95
978-1-4233-6659-1 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE DIRTY SECRETS CLUB: A Novel
by Meg Gardiner
read by Susan Ericksen

THRILLER: The US debut of thriller writer Meg Gardiner, whom Stephen King says is “as good as Michael Connelly and far better than Janet Evanovich. And she can be fall-on-your-fanny hilarious…. The next suspense superstar.” The Dirty Secrets Club is a high-concept thriller and the start of a new series.

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

978-1-4233-6152-7 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-6154-1 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-4233-6158-9 Abridged on 5 Compact Discs $26.95



DEEP BLACK: CONSPIRACY
by Stephen Coonts
read by Christopher Lane

THRILLER-MILITARY: The countdown to terror begins now.

• Simultaneous release with the St. Martin's Press mass market
• 250,000-copy first printing
• The sixth novel in the NSA series


978-1-4233-3713-3 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-59600-363-7 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95
978-1-59600-361-3 Abridged on 4 Compact Discs $24.95



CHINA LAKE: An Evan Delaney Novel
by Meg Gardiner
read by Tanya Eby Sirois

THRILLER: Paradise can be hell on earth

• Simultaneous release with the Obsidian Mysteries mass market original

978-1-4233-6117-6 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-6119-0 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



DOUBLE JEOPARDY
by Catherine Coulter
read by Dick Hill and Sandra Burr

ROMANTIC-SUSPENSE: The Target and The Edge, the third and fourth thrillers in Catherine Coulter's FBI series, for the first time in one volume

• Simultaneous release with the Berkley Trade paperback release
• Books three and four in Catherine Coulter's FBI series

978-1-4233-6686-7 Abridged on 10 Compact Discs $29.95

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Nonfiction Audiobooks Releasing in June 2008


THE SECRET PLOT TO MAKE TED KENNEDY PRESIDENT: Inside the Real Watergate Conspiracy
by Geoff Shepard
read by Jim Bond

NONFICTION: The controversial book that will change how people think about Watergate

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

978-1-4233-6064-3 Unabridged on 8 Compact Discs $34.95
978-1-4233-6066-7 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



DESCENT INTO CHAOS: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
read by Arthur Morey

POLITICAL SCIENCE: The #1 New York Times bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West

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

978-1-4233-6806-9 Unabridged on 16 Compact Discs $49.95
978-1-4233-6808-3 Unabridged on 2 MP3-CD $29.95



THE ASSASSIN'S ACCOMPLICE: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
by Kate Clifford Larson
read by Laural Merlington

HISTORY: A riveting narrative account of sex, espionage, and murder cloaked in the enchantments of Southern womanhood, The Assassin’s Accomplice offers a fresh perspective on America’s most famous murder

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

978-1-4233-6372-9 Unabridged on 7 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6374-3 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN: A Voter's Guide to Seeing Through the Lies, Getting Past the Propaganda, and Choosing the Best Leaders
by Joseph H. Boyett, Ph.D.
read by Phil Gigante

NONFICTION: This controversial and unflinching book reveals why we follow the wrong leaders—and how we can start picking the right ones.

• Simultaneous release with the AMACOM hardcover

978-1-4233-6421-4 Unabridged on 7 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6423-8 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
by Norman Doidge, M.D.
read by Jim Bond

NONFICTION: “Fascinating. Doidge’s book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.” – Oliver Sacks

• Publication will coincide with the re-air of the PBS series, THE BRAIN FITNESS PROGRAM in June 08 which features the author Norman Doidge, PBS program will reair in 11/08.

978-1-4233-6799-4 Unabridged on 10 Compact Discs $39.95
978-1-4233-6801-4 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



ARMY WIVES: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage
by Tanya Biank
read by Laural Merlington

BIOGRAPHY: Hear the true, groundbreaking stories of the army wives who
inspired the popular television series.


• First time in audio
• Now a Lifetime Television original series

978-1-4233-5728-5 Unabridged on 9 Compact Discs $36.95
978-1-4233-5730-8 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



Business Audiobooks Releasing in June 2008


THE AGE CURVE: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm
by Kenneth W. Gronbach
reader to be announced

BUSINESS-MARKETING: A myth-breaking book that will redefine who marketers see as their most valuable customers.

• Simultaneous release with the AMACOM hardcover

978-1-4233-6449-8 Unabridged on 5 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6451-1 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



THE POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE: Discovering the Key to Success
by Roger Fritz
read by Christopher Lane

BUSINESS: Learn how to maintain a positive attitude when challenges seem daunting.

• Simultaneous release with the AMACOM hardcover

978-1-4233-6442-9 Unabridged on 3 Compact Discs $19.95
978-1-4233-6444-3 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



GOAL SETTING: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals
by Susan B. Wilson and Michael S. Dobson
read by Jim Bond

BUSINESS: The ultimate key to success is setting goals. This book makes you an expert.

• AMACOM paperback was released in April 2008

978-1-4233-6393-4 Abridged on 3 Compact Discs $19.95
978-1-4233-6395-8 Abridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



GOING LEAN: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits
by Stephen A. Ruffa
reader to be announced

BUSINESS: Follow the lead of Toyota, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart and embrace “Lean Dynamics” for business success.

• Simultaneous release with the AMACOM hardcover

978-1-4233-6456-6 Abridged on 6 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6458-0 Abridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



Young Adult Audiobooks Releasing in June 2008


THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS
by E. Lockhart
read by Tanya Eby Sirois

YOUNG ADULT: "An Empowered Female Hero Like Frankie Is a Rare and Refreshing Find" —School Library Journal, starred review

• Hyperion hardcover March 2008
• 100,000-copy first printing
• Ages 12 and up

978-1-4233-6680-5 Unabridged on 6 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-6682-9 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



NOMAN: Book Three of the Noble Warriors
by William Nicholson
read by Anne Flosnik

YOUNG ADULT: The much-anticipated conclusion to the acclaimed Noble Warriors trilogy

• Simultaneous release with the Harcourt Children's Books hardcover
• 50,000-copy first printing
• Ages 9-12

978-1-4233-1853-8 Unabridged on 8 Compact Discs $29.95
978-1-4233-1854-5 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW
by Sonya Sones
read by Kate Reinders

YOUNG ADULT: Award-Winning Young Adult Author Offers a Whimsical Look Into a Teen's Life.

• Available for the first time in audio
• Ages: 12 and up

978-1-4233-6571-6 Unabridged on 2 Compact Discs $19.95
978-1-4233-6573-0 Unabridged on 1 MP3-CD $24.95



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

FREE FALL
by Robert Crais


INNER HARBOR
by Nora Roberts


RISING TIDES
by Nora Roberts


SEA SWEPT
by Nora Roberts


Available for the First Time on MP3-CD

CROSSING BY NIGHT
by David Aaron


DOWN WILL COME BABY
by Gloria Murphy


FLASHPOINT
by Richard Aellen


THORNS OF TRUTH
by Eileen Goudge



Three-in-One Collections on Compact Disc


STEPHEN WHITE CD COLLECTION 1: Missing Persons, Kill Me, Dry Ice
by Stephen White
read by Dick Hill

SUSPENSE: Dr. Alan Gregory faces challenges in his personal and professional life.

• Three books from Stephen White's popular Dr. Alan Gregory series, together in a special collection.

978-1-4233-5242-6 Abridged on 15 Compact Discs $34.95



SUZANNE BROCKMANN TROUBLESHOOTERS CD COLLECTION:Flashpoint, Hot Target, Breaking Point
by Suzanne Brockmann
read by Patrick Lawlor and Melanie Ewbank

ROMANTIC-SUSPENSE: Suzanne Brockmann's daring men and women find danger around the world

• Books seven, eight, and nine in the Troubleshooters series, together in a special collection.

978-1-4233-5243-3 Abridged on 16 Compact Discs $36.95

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Value-Priced Audiobooks on Compact Disc

THE ABDUCTION
by Mark Gimenez



CERULEAN SINS

by Laurell K. Hamilton


CITY OF FIRE

by Robert Ellis


DOUBLE TAKE: An FBI Thriller

by Catherine Coulter


FACETS

by Barbara Delinsky

FORCE OF NATURE: A Novel

by Suzanne Brockmann


THE HEARING

by John Lescroart


HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER

by Jonathan Tropper


MIRROR IMAGE

by Sandra Brown


THUNDER BAY: A Cork O'Connor Mystery

by William Kent Krueger


UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

by Fern Michaels


WAKING WITH ENEMIES

by Eric Jerome Dickey


A WOMAN WITHOUT LIES

by Elizabeth Lowell

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Take Another Look: Don't Miss These Newly Released Titles!

ODD HOURS
by Dean Koontz


THE HOLLOW
by Nora Roberts



SHADOW COMMAND
by Dale Brown



THE MOONPOOL
by P.T. Deutermann

MERCY STREET
by Mariah Stewart

THE DIVORCE PARTY
by Laura Dave


ESCAPE FROM ANDERSONVILLE: A Novel of the Civil War
by Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan



THE COMPOUND
by S. A. Bodeen



FEATHERS
by Jacqueline Woodson


THE 13TH JUROR
by John Lescroart


50 HARBOR STREET
by Debbie Macomber



DARKFALL
by Dean Koontz



THE IMMORTAL HIGHLANDER
by Karen Marie Moning


LETHAL GUARDIAN
by M. William Phelps

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Audiobook Award Nominees
   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



Upcoming Conferences
Book Expo America: Booth #1867 — May 30th-June 1st – Los Angeles, CA
If you are attending BEA this year, be sure to stop by booth #1867 to meet our authors and receive a free signed audiobook (while supplies last.)

Our audiobook signing schedule:
FRIDAY, MAY 30
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Robert Crais signing Chasing Darkness
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Andre Dubus III signing The Garden of Last Days

SATURDAY, MAY 31
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM T. Jefferson Parker signing LA Outlaws
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Dean Koontz signing Odd Hours

SUNDAY, JUNE 1
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM D. J. MacHale signing Pendragon Book 9: Raven Rise
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Catherine Coulter signing TailSpin

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Author Tie-In Program
Author Tie-In Program
 
Retail Trade customers are invited to take advantage of our “Author Tie-In Program” when placing an order for a new not-yet-published frontlist title. Add unabridged backlist titles by that same author to your order and we take an additional 5% discount off those backlist titles!

CALL YOUR BRILLIANCE AUDIO SALES REP for more information 1-800-648-2312

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Brilliance Bits Podcast



Get the "insiders link" to exclusive author (and narrator) interviews about the books they read.

Online: Visit http://www.brillianceaudio.com/podcasts/
Anyone can subscribe to our podcasts via the RSS (really simple syndication) link through their browsers or any RSS reader. Make sure to check out the cool audio player included on this page.

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Enhanced Standing Order Service for Resellers
STANDING ORDER SERVICE
Customers enrolling in our Standing Order Service will receive monthly shipments of new releases and earn the following discounts:

ORDER QTY. DISCOUNT FREIGHT
Ten or more units of new Retail Edition releases: 50%* Free Freight
*Additional 5% discount is available for Non-Returnable Customers

Standing Order Service accounts may use the above earned discounts on other Retail Edition purchases that ship with the monthly Standing Order shipment. New release titles to Standing Order customers will ship in advance; strict adherence to on-sale dates for each new title will be required.

Call your Brilliance Audio sales representative at 1-800-648-2312 to enroll.