Presales of Harper Lee‘s second novel Go Set a Watchman are off the charts and the excitement about the upcoming release has many people rereading Lee’s classic work To Kill a Mockingbird in preparation.
Barnes & Noble is encouraging this enthusiasm by hosting a To Kill a Mockingbird event day across its stores and online on June 18th.
“Helped by our unique series of customer events, excitement is building at Barnes & Noble for Go Set a Watchman and we are still seeing strong pre-orders of the book in-store and online,” stated Mary Amicucci, vp, Adult Trade and Children’s Books at Barnes & Noble. “We expect this to be the number one book when it lands in July, and for this book we have placed one of the largest initial store orders of any adult trade book in Barnes & Noble history.”