The Random House Publishing Group partners with NetGalley to launch with Ballantine Books’ first full-length original eBook: THE ECHO MAN by internationally bestselling author Richard Montanari

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New York (August 2, 2011) – The Random House Publishing Group division of Random House, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of its partnership with NetGalley, the innovative and easy-to-use online service and connection point for book publishers, reviewers, media, librarians, booksellers, bloggers and educators. The Random House Publishing group is committed to delivering content to consumers and professional readers by whatever means they prefer, and are thrilled to be able to now deliver digital galleys and promotional materials for new and upcoming titles through NetGalley’s reliable and proven service. Professional readers can register with NetGalley and request access to Random House Publishing Group’s digital galleys at www.netgalley.com. Once approved, NetGalley members will be able to view the secure digital galleys on all major reading devices, plus tablets like iPad and Android, and their computers. Over 100 publishers and 34,000 professional readers already use NetGalley.

The inaugural title to be made available will be the first full-length original eBook from Ballantine Books, THE ECHO MAN, by internationally bestselling author Richard Montanari. Montanari’s thrillers have been praised as “Taut . . . chilling . . . ingenious” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) and with THE ECHO MAN Montanari has created a masterpiece of suspense that is sure to please his fans and serve as the perfect entry point to introduce new readers to the series featuring Philadelphia Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. THE ECHO MAN (on sale September 19, 2011) will carry a suggested retail price of $4.99 and be available wherever e-books are sold and will feature exciting bonus content, including an exclusive author essay, an in-depth dossier about the series characters, and a Richard Montanari sampler, featuring excerpts from other available Montanari novels.

THE ECHO MAN returns Detective Kevin Byrne to a case that has haunted him since he was a young man new to the force. Byrne and Balzano must race to stop a mad murderer’s bloody rampage as disparate clues lead them from the rarified world of symphonic music to sordid back alleys and the horrifying corridors of an abandoned lunatic asylum.

Richard Montanari is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and scores of other national and regional publications. He is the OLMA-winning author of the internationally acclaimed thrillers Merciless, The Skin Gods, The Rosary Girls, Kiss of Evil, Deviant Way, and The Violet Hour.

Ballantine Books is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., whose parent company is Bertelsmann AG.

THE ECHO MAN
A Novel of Suspense
Richard Montanari
Ballantine Books
September 19, 2011
$4.99; ISBN: 978-0-345-52861-2

Contact: Cindy Murray
212/782-8292
CMurray@randomhouse.com

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