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Article: Random House Author to Preview Upcoming Book in Virtual World There.com.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- January 27, 2009
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Makena Technologies, creator of the popular social virtual world There.com, announced that two new books will be promoted in-world through a live book reading and meet and greet later this month. Sarah Mlynowski, the popular Random House author of the hit teen book series Magic in Manhattan, will appear in-world on January 13 to promote the upcoming book Parties & Potions. The event is free to all There.com members (see also Makena Technologies, Inc.).
"Talking about books is a natural fit for virtual worlds," said Michael Wilson, CEO of Makena Technologies. "When readers can meet authors and ask them questions - especially an author of this caliber - books can ...