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Abigail Howell, Penguin China's publicity manager, concedes the campaign to promote Midnight in Peking is "certainly ambitious".

"In researching the book, Paul uncovered a wealth of materials. It seemed a shame not to find a way to share them," she says.

The book, launched this month in China and Australia, has spawned a set of ancillaries that could be enjoyed independent of the conventional turning of pages.

There is a website (www.midnightinpeking.com) containing hundreds of photographs from 1930s Peking and the book's real-life characters, video clips in which the author introduces some of the locations mentioned in the book, and a downloadable audio walk.

Bookmarks, flyers, posters with images of the main protagonist - 19-year-old Pamela Werner whose gruesome murder in 1937 is what the book sets out to reconstruct and solve - and wrapping paper inspired by original news clippings are in circulation.

On Tuesday, the author led a select group through the iconic locations mentioned in the book, and is currently in the middle of a whistle-stop book tour across continents.

We asked a few seasoned readers if the surfeit of related material within easy access might not kill one's interest in wanting to pick up a copy and read it.

Prerna Singh, Chinese language enthusiast and member of a local book club, is charmed by the grainy images of Beijing from the 1930s on the website.

"Somehow it echoes the true nature of Beijing, which is reclusive and yet tantalizingly draws us to discover what is barely hidden underneath the city's present garish exterior," she says.

She also likes the fact that the author refers to a popular Chinese novel (Lin Yutang's Moment in Peking) and a movie based on it, which, she feels, "gives the website a certain 'crossover appeal'".

She wouldn't mind investing in a copy of the book. Having watched the promos, she feels the book has all the ingredients of a hit - "a Bollywood blockbuster!"

Ellen Smith, who teaches English in Beijing, is also interested in buying a copy.

"While the website had a lot of information about the book and a downloadable version of the walking tour, I do not feel like it would be a replacement for reading the book itself," she says.

But doesn't an information overload and a set of spin-offs from the original sometimes result in overkill, shattering the so-called sacred bond between the reader and the writer?

In this case "the material in circulation outside of the book is sanctioned by the author", Smith says. "French himself is giving the midnight tour."

The campaign is not on the scale of Harry Potter or the Twilight series, in which instances the abundance of extra material, unauthorized websites and a range of related merchandize could cause a break in that bond, she admits.

Evidently, the Midnight in Peking campaign has her vote.

Answer 1

阿比盖尔·豪厄尔,企鹅中国的宣传活动,承认经理促进北京“当然午夜雄心勃勃”。

“在这本书进行的调查,保罗发现了一个丰富的资料。那似乎是一个羞耻不是要找到一种方法分享了,”她说。

这本书,推出这个月在中国和澳大利亚,孕育了一套ancillaries,都能享受到传统的转弯独立页面。

有一个网站(www.midnightinpeking.com)包含几百个照片,从1930年代北京,这本书的真实人物,影像剪辑作者在书中介绍了一些书中提到的位置,并下载音频走路。

书签、传单、海报与图像的主要主角——19岁的沃宗谋杀帕梅拉是这本书在1937年开始重建包装纸和解决,灵感来自于原创新闻剪报在循环。

周二,作者选择的群体通过领导了一个标志性的地点在书中提到,目前处于短暂的巡回售书横跨大陆。

我们问了他几个经验丰富的读者如果过量的相关资料在方便的访问可能不杀一个人的兴趣要捡起一个复制和读它。

辛格Prerna、汉语爱好者和成员的是当地的一个图书俱乐部,着迷,北京的沙哑的图像从1930年代在网站上。

“不知何故它呼应的真实本性北京,而我们描绘隐居tantalizingly去发现几乎是隐藏在城市目前的鲜艳夺目的外观,”她说。

她也喜欢的事实,指的是一个受欢迎的中国作家林语堂小说(北京)的时刻,在此基础上,一个电影,她的感受,”给予了一定的网站呼吁’”。交叉

她不会介意投资在副本的书。看过广告片,她觉得这本书的所有要素-“一名宝莱坞大片打!”

艾伦·史密斯在北京教英语,也有兴趣买一份。

“尽管网站有很多信息下载版本的书,徒步旅行,我不觉得它会是一种替代阅读这本书本身,”她说。

但并不是一个信息过载和一套产物从最初的有时导致所谓的神圣矫枉过正,打破债券之间的读者和作者吗?

在这种情况下,“材料在循环以外的书是经作者”,史密斯说。“法国自己给的午夜之旅。”

这项运动就是不上规模哈利·波特系列或黄昏的时候,情况下,额外的资料,未经授权丰富网站和一系列的相关采购会导致破坏,债券,她承认。

显然,午夜在北京竞选,她的选票。