Simon & Schuster has created a new page with”tips, facts, and fun” for the location-based social networking site, Foursquare.
On Tuesday, the publisher celebrated the program by giving a free copy of Howard Gordon’s Gideon’s War to anyone checking in on Foursquare at the publisher’s offices. The site will encourage readers to interact with Simon & Schuster books and authors as they explore real-life locations.
eBookNewser has more about the program: “The presence includes tips and trivia on places in the real world from authors. For example, Suzanne Corso, author of Brooklyn Story, tells fans where they can find the best cannoli in her neighborhood. Carlos Eire, a National Book Award winner, shares his favorite places in Monticello. And readers who “check-in” at the Lincoln monument in Washington DC can learn how many copies of the Gettysburg Address that former president Abraham Lincoln wrote by hand.”