Dan Brown’s latest book is, apparently so eagerly awaited that it’s being subjected to ridiculous levels of security:
Guards have been posted at book warehouses across the globe, anyone who has come into contact with the book has had to sign a non-disclosure agreement and the reclusive author has not done the usual pre-launch publicity tour, bar one interview with the popular Today programme in the US.
“We have closed circuit TVs that are monitoring the books at all times in a secure area that is also guarded,” said Random House spokeswoman, Jacqueline Updike.
Amazon says it is also keeping the book “under 24-hour guard in its own chain-link enclosure, with two locks requiring two separate people for entry”.
Interestingly, the electronic version of the book will be available on the same day as the in-print book, September 15. The Telegraph article has this curious reference:
This will enable the book to be downloaded and read on computers or specialist devices such as the Sony Reader, the Kindle ebook and Apple Tablet.