Today is the day! Visit NicholasSparks.com at 2pm EST and help us reveal the cover art and full story description for The Longest Ride. Want to be one of five lucky fans who gets to read Nicholas Sparks's next novel months before it hits stores on September 17th? The novel's cover will be revealed in five stages and one winner will be chosen at each stage to receive a hand-numbered Limited Edition Advance Readers Copy (only 1,000 have been printed!) - hope to see you then!

Check back tomorrow afternoon for details on how you can help us reveal the cover and the story description for The Longest Ride as well as how you could win a special edition advance copy of the novel!

Important News: The release date for Nicholas's next book, The Longest Ride, has been officially moved up to September 17th! In anticipation of the release, fans can help reveal the new cover here at NicholasSparks.com on Thursday at 2pm EST. Check back then to see how you can participate and win your own advance copy of the book!

Have you signed up for Nicholas's official mailng list yet? All subscribers will receive a special gift from our friends at Shutterfly on May 1st in honor of Mother's Day! Get details on the mailing list and a link to the subscribe form now.

Join Nicholas for his first ever Facebook Book Club Q&A today at 1PM ET. Leave a comment on Facebook, and let us know which novel you would like to discuss (view the complete list)!