MY YEAR OF LIVING BETTER WITH LESS, a nonfiction book by former publishing and bookselling marketing whiz Mary Carlomagno that chronicles a year in which Carlomagno gave up something each month – shopping, elevators, restaurants, in order to gain a deeper appreciation for what she has, as well as to learn to recognize the things that she might actually live better without, was sold to VP Harriet Bell at William Morrow, North American Rights, in a good deal by agent Marly Rusoff.