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Charlaine Harris is a happy woman. She has every reason to be with the popularity of her Sookie Stackhouse adventure novels being boosted by True Blood, the successful HBO television series based on her characters. Chatting with Art Attack in anticipation of her upcoming reading and Author Luncheon event with Murder by the Book, Harris is bubbly and vivacious. "I kid you not," she laughs, "I am as happy as I can be!"
While many authors complain about television and film treatments of their books (who can forget Anne Rice famously bashing Tom Cruise when he was cast in An Interview with a Vampire). Harris, however, has wholeheartedly embraced the show. "I'd be a fool to be anything but delighted," she says, her signature southern drawl stretching out the words. "Not only have I enjoyed the process and learned a lot but my sales have escalated. Even if it wasn't a great show, I'd be happy about it, but it is a great show so I can be proud of it."
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I don't know if Charlaine's upcoming appearances at Barnes and Nobles will be setup where she can sign your Sookie eBook but you might want to call the store and ask.
Here is her schedule with store phone numbers.
Lovers of literature know that having a book signed by a favorite author is something truly special. How do you sign an e-book though? Hopefully not with ballpoint.
Barnes & Noble is set to debut a new feature for the Android-equipped Nook Color e-reader that lets authors digitally sign their e-books using a stylus.
Writer and illustrator Sandra Boynton will be one of the first authors to host an e-book signing, and it's scheduled for Barnes & Noble's Upper East Side store in New York City (7 p.m. on Monday, May 2). The event will promote the digital version of her classic children's book "The Going to Bed Book." (In keeping with the book's theme, Boynton suggests both adults and children arrive in their pajamas; I'll be the one in the "Brilliant!" Guinness flannels.)
Other e-readers, such as the Sony Reader, already make it possible to write on pages. There is also a company named Autography that carries a patent for "inserting an autograph or other salutation into an e-book."
Despite the existing technology, though, the phrase "e-book signing" hasn't hit the mainstream. It's an interesting play from Barnes & Noble, a company that's redefining itself as paperback sales continue to dwindle due to increased competition from Amazon's Kindle.
A representative for Boynton also confirmed that B&N is looking to expand the option to other e-books in the future. Hopefully marathon book-signing sessions with a stylus will be less carpal-tunnel inducing than those conducted with a pen.
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Through the pages of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris, readers enter a fantasy world — one filled with sexy vampires, endearing shape-shifters, and incredibly gorgeous fairies. You might be more familiar with the HBO show True Blood, which was inspired by Charlaine's Southern Vampire series. I know that many of you aspire to be writers, so read on to find out what it's like to walk in her shoes!
SavvySugar: What's your typical day like?
Charlaine Harris: I hardly have a daily routine any more because of the increased demands on my time. However, on an ideal day I’m in my office by eight. I write six pages, finishing by early afternoon, and then I deal with other matters until three thirty or four o’clock, when I read for a while before starting supper.
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The HBO GO apps and streaming service will be free of charge to HBO subscribers. According to the video, the HBO GO service and iOS apps will be released on May 2nd.
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A new blood-inspired perfume may soon have an ideal group of early adopters: vampires.
Last week, a pair of Italian entrepreneurs, Antonio Zuddas and Giovanni Castelli, debuted Blood Concept, a provocative fragrance line based on the four major human blood types: A, B, AB and O.
While the line forgoes incorporating actual blood, the Italian duo nonetheless claim that each scent is evocative of the blood type it represents.
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Charlaine Harris posted on her Facebook Fan Page that the next book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, “Dead Reckoning”, will be released on May 3rd.
Mrs. Harris writes:
Dead Reckoning will be released May 3rd. Hope you enjoy it.
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The young actress Deborah Ann Woll cut her teeth — err, fangs — as the innocent Christian turned insidious vampire Jessica Hamby on HBO’s “True Blood” (Season 4 starts in June). Woll, 26, hails from Brooklyn but currently lives in Los Angeles, where she recently completed filming on “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You,” a coming-of-age story based on a teenage novel of the same name by Peter Cameron. The Moment recently e-mailed Woll to talk work (vampires, snakes) and play (home improvement and carpentry).
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HBO Home Entertainment is promising an immersive fan experience with its Blu-ray Disc version of True Blood: The Complete Third Season, offering nearly double the bonus content found with the second season.
The bulk of the extras come with the show’s enhanced viewing mode, which offers such features as character perspectives, in which characters from the show (in this case Jessica, Andy, Tommy and Alcide) pop up to discuss a scene with the audience; a flashback/flash forward mode, in which past or future scenes that relate to the current scene are played; as well as vampire histories and character bios. Viewers can skip from bonus event to bonus event.
New to the third season is “True Blood Lines,” an interactive on-screen guide that highlights the connections between the many worlds in the series.
These Blu-ray extras come in addition to the standard-DVD extras, which include a featurette about the show’s use of werewolves; "True Blood" Post Mortem vignettes; end-of-episode guides for bonus helpings of “True Blood”; Snoop Dogg’s “Oh Sookie” music video; and seven audio commentaries.
The five-disc set is due May 31 at $79.98 (the DVD version is $59.99).
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Anderson’s Bookshop in Downers Grove presents an upcoming special program at the Tivoli Theatre with New York Times bestselling author, Charlaine Harris, on Thursday evening, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. Harris is perhaps best known for her Sookie Stackhouse novels, which inspired HBO’s popular True Blood series.
Tickets to the event are available at Anderson’s Bookshop in Downers Grove, 5112 Main St. The price for a ticket package is $36 and includes one copy of Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11), admission to the author program, signing line and a showing of episodes of True Blood. The event will be held at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
Harris was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. She has been a writer for 30 years, and is particularly recognized for her paranormal mysteries. Humor and horror are hallmarks of her books.
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Alan Ball & Peter Macdissi have donated a chance to be a part of the show!
Includes: a non-speaking, featured “extra” walk-on role on HBO’s hit series, TRUE BLOOD. Valid for one person however, the winner may bring a guest on set. Be a part of this amazing show and bid now on a featured walk-on role!
The proceeds for this item benefit Serenity Park Sanctuary, which houses rescued parrots in a 20 acre garden on the grounds of the VA Hospital in West Los Angeles. Returning veterans get a chance to step outside the brick and mortar of the VA hospital and work with these feathered therapists.
Terms: This walk-on role is a nonspeaking role. The award is valid for one person, however the winner may bring a guest to the set. The winner must be 18 or older. Availability is based on our production schedule. The show films in LA. We cannot guarantee the scene in which you participate or your performance in that scene will make the final cut and be aired. While on the set, please follow any rules or guidelines communicated to you by our production staff. This is valid until the end of June 2011.
Here’s your chance to be part of one of the best shows on TV and help a charity to boot! Get on over to the auction site and bid!
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HBO Home Entertainment is promising an immersive fan experience with its Blu-ray Disc version of True Blood: The Complete Third Season, offering nearly double the bonus content found with the second season.
The bulk of the extras come with the show’s enhanced viewing mode, which offers such features as character perspectives, in which characters from the show (in this case Jessica, Andy, Tommy and Alcide) pop up to discuss a scene with the audience; a flashback/flash forward mode, in which past or future scenes that relate to the current scene are played; as well as vampire histories and character bios. Viewers can skip from bonus event to bonus event.
New to the third season is “True Blood Lines,” an interactive on-screen guide that highlights the connections between the many worlds in the series.
These Blu-ray extras come in addition to the standard-DVD extras, which include a featurette about the show’s use of werewolves; "True Blood" Post Mortem vignettes; end-of-episode guides for bonus helpings of “True Blood”; Snoop Dogg’s “Oh Sookie” music video; and seven audio commentaries.
The five-disc set is due May 31 at $79.98 (the DVD version is $59.99).
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wow-- CSPAN runs a great " red carpet " type thing before the dinner so you might want to watch CSPAN to catch a glimpse of Sookie and Bill !
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Melancholia from Zentropa on Vimeo.
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