THE RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP DEBUTS

“BEAUTY AND THE BOOK”

ONLINE BOOK CLUB TALK SHOW

Host Kathy Patrick of the popular Pulpwood Queens Book Club interviews
twelve bestselling Random House authors in the debut season

NEW YORK, NY - January 18, 2011 – The Random House Publishing Group, a division of
Random House, Inc., in collaboration with Kathy Patrick, founder of The Pulpwood Queens Book
Club and owner of the Jefferson, Texas based hair salon/bookstore Beauty and the Book, will
launch an online book club talk show featuring interviews with Random House authors on January
18, 2011 at www.beautyandthebookshow.com.

The debut season’s 12 episodes feature celebrated authors such as Pat Conroy, Fannie Flagg, Lisa
See, and Susan Vreeland among others, taped either in person or via Skype, in conversation with
Patrick. Her popular Pulpwood Queens Book Club has over 3,500 members in 400 chapters across
the country making her the perfect partner to help Random House reach readers.

“We’ve seen increased demand for digital content from book clubs, so we developed a program that
would offer them more of what they love,” says Avideh Bashirrad, Director of Marketing for the
Random House Publishing Group. “Kathy Patrick was our ideal choice for the partnership since she
has been an advocate of our books for many years.”

A special three-episode screening of the Beauty and the Book talk show took place at Pulpwood
Queens’ book club convention, Girlfriend Weekend, January 13-16, 2011 in Jefferson, Texas. A
new episode will debut each week on the show website, www.beautyandthebookshow.com.

“I’m thrilled and delighted to host a show that showcases my two passions, beauty and books!” says
Patrick. “This show encapsulates all the things I really love--reading fantabulous books, meeting
remarkable writers, and introducing my hair salon/book store, Beauty and the Book, and my book
club, The Pulpwood Queens, to more readers.”

Kathy Patrick is the author of the book The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life published
by Grand Central. She has been featured on Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The Random House Publishing Group is a division of Random House, Inc., whose parent company is Bertelsmann AG.