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| JosephFinder.com Newsletter |
April 19, 2005
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Here We Go...
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Dear Friends -
So, today's the day -- the day that COMPANY MAN finally goes on sale and I go out on book tour. It should be available everywhere today. I look forward to hearing from you once you've read it.
Actually, some bookstores began putting it on sale this weekend, because a few reviews have already run. You know how Broadway actors used to hang out at Sardi's after their show opened and wait nervously for the reviews, wait for the press agent to come in with copies of the newspapers hot off the press? "Match me, Sidney!" It's sorta like that . . .
Joe (Joe@JosephFinder.com)
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The First Reviews
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Janet Maslin reviewed COMPANY MAN in the New York Times on Thursday, and gave it a really favorable review -- she said that "COMPANY MAN confirms what PARANOIA made clear: he has unusually keen instincts for back-stabbing in the business world." And how often do you get your picture in the New York Times if you're not a world leader or a serial killer?
The Boston Globe also gave it a terrific review, saying: "Finder has become a master of the modern thriller."
In the Sun-Sentinel, a newspaper with a huge readership in Florida, the widely respected mystery reviewer Oline Cogdill, gave COMPANY MAN a great (and also, I thought, quite sensitive) review in this past Sunday's paper: "Sharply created characters . . .makes the workplace as duplicitous a world as any in the Cold War. COMPANY MAN resonates with anyone who has seen corporate politics at its worst." You can read the whole thing here:
And more reviews to come this week. Fingers crossed.
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Winners
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Thanks -- and good luck -- to all of you who entered the COMPANY MAN Leap Chair contest, which closes today.
Congratulations to the following winners of advance copies of COMPANY MAN -- we've been drawing a name every day. The winners are: James, Plain City OH; Tammy, Alamogordo NM; Ann, Saint Cloud MN; Steve, Costa Mesa CA; Glenn, Newburyport MA.
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Check Out the Website - Two New Features
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We've posted a new feature on JosephFinder.com - three galleries of photos. Check it out here. Booksellers and journalists, there's also a new Press Kit here.
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| Signed Copies of COMPANY MAN |
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I'd like to make this offer to you newsletter subscribers only: if you want your copies of COMPANY MAN signed or signed & personalized, send them to me, no later than May 1, at:
Joseph Finder
P.O. Box 15131
Boston MA 02215
A couple of caveats here. Limit one book per person, only U.S. and Canada. No signatures-only, please; I'll personalize them however you'd like.
I can't promise I'll get them right back to you, since I won't be back in Boston until around May 9th, but I'll sign them as soon as possible and send them back.
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| Prize Nomination |
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And one bit of good news: PARANOIA was just nominated for a prestigious Barry Award -- the first time they've nominated thrillers. It's there alongside the excellent A DEATH IN VIENNA by Daniel Silva. The list is here.
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Hope To Meet You
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Finally, I hope to get a chance to say hello to any of you who live/work in the 15 or so cities where I'll be appearing in the next few weeks, including Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, Grand Rapids (MI), Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Miami, Delray Beach, Seattle, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Albany NY. By the way . . . We've reserved a quantity of Company Man hats to give away to buyers of multiple copies, so if you missed out on that, there's one more chance.
Please do introduce yourself -- I'd love to meet you.
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Click here for a complete list of tour dates.
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