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News 9 July 2004
Mainstream
is delighted to have acquired FROM BEST TO BECKHAM: A JOURNEY
INTO THE WORLD OF FASHION AND FOOTBALL by Paolo Hewitt
and Mark Baxter. It is a groundbreaking work that examines for
the first time the link between football and fashion. Featuring
a selection of rare photographs, the book divides itself into a
work of two halves - the first depicting how fashion has influenced
the players and the second showing how it has been represented
in the stands. It will take football out of the sports sections
and into the style sections. Paolo is a well known journalist and
author of THE SHARPER WORD: A MOD ANTHOLOGY; THE SOUL STYLISTS;
THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW and THE LOOKED AFTER KID.
Mark Baxter is a former shop and club owner with of a love of 60s
clothing and Millwall Football Club.
Another
great book we have acquired recently is 1001 NIGHTS WITHOUT
SEX by Suzanne Schlosberg. It was originated by Warner
in the US and has been sold to numerous countries so we are delighted
to be publishing in the UK. It is the true story of a sassy 30
something who spends 1001 nights in the metaphorical desert. SEX
AND THE CITY writer / exec producer Cindy Chupak has given the
book a superb pre pub saying 'Just when you were wondering if all
the great dating stories had been told, a fresh voice like Suzanne
Schlosberg reminds you that there is always more humour to be mined.
1001 NIGHTS WITHOUT SEX is a clear, honest, funny account of one
woman's unintentional celibacy streak that will make you laugh
out loud whether you're having sex or not.'
Rights
sales are pouring in. TERROR TRACKER by 'cyber
journalist' Neil Doyle has been sold to Random House Australia.
Enquiries about the book continue to be received from all quarters.
Neil Doyle, has been quoted in the Seattle Times and the Washington
Post, talking about how ordinary members of the public are increasingly
using the Internet to hit back at terrorist groups. Cyber-terrorism
is an issue that features highly in the book.
IN
HITLER'S BUNKER has been sold to Modern Press in China
c/o the Big Apple Tuttle Mori Agency. IN HITLER'S BUNKER has
now been sold to Lyons Press in the US, Random House in Australia,
Lubbe in Germany, El Ateno in Argentina (World Spanish rights)
so it really is going global!
Offers
for serial rights are also coming in thick and fast. We have several
high offers for FLESH AND BLOOD, the true story
of Diane Blood who fought for the right to use her late husband's
sperm to have the children they had been planning before his sudden
death of meningitis. 
Another
book which has had a number of offers this week is THE
KING AND I, The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's
Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary, Herbert
Breslin.
Media
interest for ON THE MAKE is as frantic as ever.
A double page feature in the Daily Mail ("March of the McMafia")
has gathered letters from across England protesting at the Scottish
takeover (one lady says that she hates the Scots so much she is
organising a shortbread boycott!). High-brow lefty Prospect magazine
will have a piece by David Stenhouse in its next issue, and he
was back on a BBC Radio 5 Live for a phone-in debate.
HOMELAND continues
to gain critical appreciation across the literary and political
spectrum. The August edition of Front magazine carries a four-page
exclusive interview with Nick ('Nick Ryan v the BNP'), in which
he describes his experiences researching the book and the BBC drama
England Expects, as well as his opinions of the British National
Party (which crept up from 17 to 21 council seats during the local
elections). Meanwhile, The Daily Sport's Ladsmag comprehensively
praised Homeland, saying it makes you 'very uncomfortable indeed...In
pursuit of his story, he finds himself mixing with neo-Nazis, murderers,
Holocaust deniers and footy hooligans. Read it and worry. 'ICE
(another's men's title) awards the book four out of five stars,
calling it "shocking and scary", echoing FHM's review
last year.
And Finally...
Sharon Atherton (Campbell) will be returning from maternity leave to work part time at the end of August handling serial for 2005 and long lead magazines. Acting Publicity Manager, Lindsay Farquharson, will handle individual campaigns for all the Autumn titles. We wish them both luck!