April 30 = on-sale date of The Shelters Of Stone! Hello all! Welcome to the March edition of the Crown Fiction E-Newsletter! *********COUNTDOWN CONTINUES********* 57 days until on-sale date of The Shelters of Stone! *********ONLINE GOSSIP********* I’ve heard a rumor that someone has actually paid $175 on ebay for an Advanced Reader’s Edition of THE SHELTERS OF STONE! I wonder if that is the most that anyone has every paid online for a galley? Does anyone know? I am curious, email me if you have heard of a higher price paid on another book at TheSheltersofStone@randomhouse.com I, of course, encourage you all to wait until the book comes out. *********TIME IS RUNNING OUT -- SEARCH FOR AYLA CONTINUES********* If you want Jean Auel to write you or someone you know who is named Ayla a personal letter - time is of the essence! Search for Ayla sweepstakes ends soon! Send your entry to THE SEARCH FOR AYLA c/o Crown Publishing 299 Park Ave. Mail Drop 6-1 New York, NY 10171 Click here for official rules http://www.randomhouse.com/features/auel/rules.html *********LIBRARIANS and AUEL - UNITED! ********* If you aren’t a librarian, you probably didn’t get a chance to see Jean Auel on the cover of February’s Library Journal. She is one of the first non-librarians ever to have made it on the cover of that magazine. The article is about how libraries have helped build Jean Auel’s popularity over the years and it also recounts Jean Auel’s research trips to Portland’s Multnomah County Library System. Check it out online at http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA194821 *********SECOND STREAMING VIDEO INTERVIEW OF JEAN AUEL********* It’s up now! Download it, pass it along, put it on your site, watch it with the family. ENJOY! http://www.randomhouse.com/features/auel/home.html Until next month! Pamela