A Barnes & Noble.com Exclusive: Dean Koontz' First eBook; 20 Years In The Making, The Book Of Counted Sorrows Is Released As Barnes & Noble Digital's First eBook.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001 Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) (www.bn.com) announced today that it has published its first exclusive eBook, the long awaited The Book Of Counted Sorrows by best-selling author Dean Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania), also known under a number of pseudonyms, including Leigh Nichols, is an American writer. He is best-known for writing many successful novels that could broadly be described as suspense thrillers, but which . For years, in many of his best-selling novels, Koontz has been citing lines of verse from an elusive book of poetry called The Book of Counted Sorrows. The book quickly became a legend to Koontz fans and the source of the book has mystified mys·ti·fy tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or puzzle mentally. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make obscure or mysterious. readers for years. Web sites are devoted to the attempt to investigate the origins of a book that perhaps does not even exist. Now, more than 20 years later, Koontz has finally published the history of The Book of Counted Sorrows as an eBook available exclusively through Barnes & Noble Digital, the publishing imprint of Barnes & Noble.com. "I had great fun writing this eBook," said Dean Koontz. "I hope my readers will have at least as much fun with it as I did." "By publishing The Book of Counted Sorrows in eBook format we are able to bring this long-awaited, original work from Dean Koontz to millions of his fans," said Michael Fragnito, publisher of Barnes & Noble Digital. "This is the first time an eBook is getting nationwide retail store promotion, with displays in every Barnes & Noble store where Dean Koontz' entire backlist back·list n. A publisher's list of older titles kept in print. tr.v. back·list·ed, back·list·ing, back·lists To place (a title) on a backlist. is displayed." The Book of Counted Sorrows is the first title to be published by Barnes & Noble Digital. Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide will feature in-store displays and promotions of the eBook, as well as many of other Dean Koontz titles. Dean Koontz will be kicking off the launch of his first eBook on Tuesday, September 11th at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Barnes & Noble Superstore at the West Side Pavilion located at 10850 West Pico Boulevard Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. It is named after Pío Pico, the last Mexican governor of California. . The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10 AM. Media is invited. About Dean Koontz When best-selling author Dean Koontz was a senior in college, he won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition. He's been writing ever since. His books have been published in 32 languages and worldwide sales are over 215 million copies. Seven of his novels have risen to #1 on The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times' hardcover best-seller list (Lightning, Midnight, Cold Fire, Hideaway, Dragon Tears, Intensity, and Sole Survivor), and eleven of his books have risen to #1 in paperback. Dean Koontz and his wife, Gerda, live in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. 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