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球销量超过1亿册的吸血鬼小说《暮光之城》系列将于6月5日出版番外篇《布里•坦娜短暂的第二生命》，并将在6月7日到7月5日期间为读者提供免费在线阅读服务。据作者斯蒂芬妮•梅尔介绍，这个故事全文共192页，是从《暮光之城》系列的第三部《月蚀》中提到的新生吸血鬼布里的经历发展而来的。她原本打算将这个小故事收在《暮光之城传说：官方导览书》中，但是在创作过程中，故事长度超过了预期，于是决定拿出来单独出版。梅尔表示提供免费在线阅读服务是为了向忠实的“暮光迷”们表达感谢，不过网上阅读版本无法下载，只能在线阅读。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 |
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Stephenie Meyer, the author of the enormously popular Twilight books, is to let fans read her new novella free on the Internet.
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The American, whose books have sold some 100 million copies worldwide, will let readers have access to the 192-page novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner for a month.
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A spin-off from Eclipse – the third book in the Twilight series – The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner will be published simultaneously in Britain and America on June 5.
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But two days later it will become available to read for free online, via a special website, www.breetanner.com. It will remain online until July 5.
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Meyer said she was allowing it to be read for free online "as a special thank you to fans", according to a spokesman.
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The book will not be downloadable, but only available to read online.
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However, there will be little to stop readers compiling their own electronic copies, which are likely to be circulated on the Internet.
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The novella, published by Atom, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group (UK), is the first new title from Meyer in nearly two years. The hardback will cost £11.99.
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Meyer said: "I’m as surprised as anyone about this novella.
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"When I began working on it in 2005, it was simply an exercise to help me examine the other side of Eclipse, which I was editing at the time.
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"I thought it might end up as a short story that I could include on my website.
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"Then, when work started on The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide, I thought the Guide would be a good fit for my Bree story. However, the story grew longer than I anticipated, until it was too long to fit into the Guide."
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Sarah Clarke, children's book buyer for Waterstone's, said: "A new Twilight Saga book from Stephenie Meyer, no matter how short, is the best news in the world for her legions of fans, and great news for bookshops everywhere - this could be the biggest selling book of the year."
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