Dan Brown Is Goin’ Platinum!
Good times in Publishingville, people! Dan Brown's latest collection of short, cliff-hangered chapters, The Lost Symbol, sold 1 million copies yesterday. Let this be a lesson to all aspiring novelists out there: Do whatever it takes to gain the support of the Freemasons, and you, too, can get rich! [ArtsBeat/NYT]
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