Oh, Andre.  Drugs and hair pieces, really?  Please don’t tarnish my teenage self’s ideals of you. I’m still hoping that this is just Entertainment Tonight going for the glitzy headlines and that once I’ve read OPEN, you will remain in my heart as the greatest tennis player ever.

Get ready to start see Andre everywhere in the media – the blitz is on!

Open by Andre Agassi

(9780307268198, On sale 11/09/2009)

Knopf

NATIONAL PUBLICITY LINE UP:

10/28/2009 — Cover story/feature with excerpt (first serial) — People
10/29/2009 — Dual first serial with People magazine — SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
11/06/2009 — Review by Sean Gregory — TIME Magazine
11/08/2009 — Interview with Katie Couric — CBS-TV 60 Minutes
11/08/2009 — Interview with Howard Fendrich — Associated Press
11/09/2009 — Feature/Profile — USA TODAY
11/09/2009 — Interview — TENNIS CHANNEL
11/09/2009 — Two hour taped interview with Rick Reilly — ESPN
11/11/2009 — Interview— NBC-TV Today Show
11/11/2009 — Live interview — WNYC-AM Leonard Lopate Show
11/11/2009 — Live interview with host Michael Kay — YES NETWORK Center Stage
11/11/2009 — Taping (air date tk) — CBS TELEVISION Rachael Ray Show
11/11/2009 — Interview with Terry Gross — NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Fresh Air
11/11/2009 — Interview — WABC-TV Live with Regis & Kelly
11/12/2009 — Live interview with anchors Chetry — CNN American Morning
11/12/2009 — Air date tk – Interview — CHARLIE ROSE INC. Charlie Rose Show
11/12/2009 — Live interview with host Joe Scarborough — MSNBC Morning Joe
11/12/2009 — Live interview /Chris Russo/  Mad Dog Unleashed — SIRIUS XM RADIO Mad Dog Radio
11/12/2009 — interview (now also on Fox Business Network) — WABC-AM Imus in the Morning
11/13/2009 — Drive Time Radio Satellite Tour — ABC RADIO NETWORK
11/15/2009 — re-airing Agassi documentary “Between the Lines” to coincide with the book release — TENNIS CHANNEL
11/16/2009 — Drive time radio tour — ENVISION RADIO NETWORK
11/18/2009 — Interview — PBS-TV/KCET-TV Tavis Smiley Show
Month of December — Feature with Stefanie Graf and Andre about his book — VOGUE (on stands mid-November)
Month of December — Proust Questionnaire — VANITY FAIR  (on stands mid-Nov)

REGIONAL PUBLICITY:

09/03/2009 — Fall preview in free weekly local paper — Las Vegas Weekly
10/12/2009 — “I want to Read: ‘Open’ by Douglas Perry — The Oregonian
10/22/2009 — tennis writer Michelle Kaufman promotes Andre’s events in Miami — MIAMI HERALD
11/03/2009 — Cover feature — LAS VEGAS MAGAZINE
11/09/2009 — Feature/Profile (run date tk) — Yerevan Magazine —   CA – Los Angeles
11/09/2009 — Review by Joel Drucker (run date tk) — Confirmed
   CA – San Francisco
11/10/2009 — Feature in Doug Elfman’s 3A column — LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
11/11/2009 — Interview — WPLJ-FM Scott and Todd in the Morning —
   NY – New York City
11/11/2009 — Interview — WOR-AM Joan Hamburg Show —
   NY – New York City
11/13/2009 — Live interview — Boomer and Carton in the Morning, WFAN-NY
11/16/2009 — Feature/profile by Michelle Kaufman (run date tk) — MIAMI HERALD
   FL – Miami/Fort Lauderdale
11/18/2009 — Interview — KFI-AM Bill Handel Show —   CA – Los Angeles
11/18/2009 — Interview — KPCC-FM AirTalk with Larry Mantle —   CA – Los Angeles
11/18/2009 — Live interview on Good Day LA — KTTV —   CA – Los Angeles
11/20/2009 — Live interview on the Ronn Owens Show — KGO-AM —   CA – San Francisco
11/21/2009 — Interview — KALW-FM West Coast Live —   CA – San Francisco

-Erica

The only autobiography by the King of Pop himself. Since Michael Jackson’s untimely death in June, there has been a surge of public adoration and interest in the legendary entertainer. His albums continue to lead record sales – he is quickly becoming the bestselling recording artist of the year. Celebrations of his singularly brilliant career and interest in his intensely private life continue to dominate the media.

ONE AND ONLY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: This is the only book about his life that Michael Jackson ever wrote. He chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success.  Moon Walk details his songwriting process for hits like “Human Nature,” “Beat It,” “Rock With You,” “Billie Jean,” and “We Are the World”; describes how he developed his signature dance style, including the Moon Walk; and opens the door to his very private personal relationships with his family, including sister Janet, and stars like Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, and Brooke Shields.

NEW CONTENT: This is a facsimile edition of the original 1988 publication. It will include a new introduction from a well-known figure in the entertainment industry who was close to Michael and an afterword from Publisher Shaye Areheart who was, along with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Michael’s original editor at Doubleday.

-Erica