For Brown’s Da Vinci Sequel, A Coy 5 Million-Copy Printing

“Six and a half years after the publication of ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ the best-selling adult hardcover novel of all time, Dan Brown will publish his follow- up on Sept. 15. ‘The Lost Symbol’ will feature Robert Langdon of ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ the Harvard professor played by Tom Hanks in the movie based on the novel. … The planned American first printing of 5 million copies would be the largest in the history of Random House….”