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News 5 March 2004
Mainstream are delighted to have acquired world rights to TERROR
TRACKER by Neil Doyle who was described by The Washington
Times as 'one of a new breed of cyberjournalist'. Doyle has pioneered
the use of the internet in exposing the activities of terrorist
groups and this book is the untold story of the battles currently
being waged on the internet between Al-Qaeda computer hackers
and their Western counterparts. Following September 11th Neil
Doyle gave up his job as an on-line news editor and embarked
on a quest to track down the terrorists through the Internet.
He went on to break new ground with a string of world exclusives
about secret underground bases, atomic suicide bombers, terrorism
factories, doomsday devices and a race to prevent global economic
disaster. It's a chronicle of an odyssey into uncharted territory,
describing his encounters with a colourful cast of characters:
spies, ex-spies, terrorists, hackers, editors, patriots, defectors,
scientists and militant clerics. TERROR TRACKER will be a non-fiction
thriller. World rights are available. For more information contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
Review
copies of MR NASTY by Cameron White have just
come in. Rights have already been sold to Greystone Books in North
America and to Harper Collins in Australia. Mainstream will publish
on April 15th and press interest is flooding in. It is not just
another true crime book and White is not just another drugs dealer.
By day Cameron White was a film agent, by night he cruised the
underworld of London, New York, Berlin and Sydney scoring drugs
for himself and an ever increasing network of friends. He thought
he could handle it. He couldn't. If you would like a reading copy
please contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
We
have a new on-line bestseller in the form of SOLDIER FIVE by
Mike Coburn. It has gone straight in at No.1. Signed copies are
available from our distributor TBS with an ISBN of 184018 9088.
HOW
TO SPOT A B*STARD BY HIS STAR SIGN has climbed from
No.6 back up to No.2 and with a review in HEAT due on March 9th
and in COSMO out now I have no doubt it will continue to sell
well. WHITE GOLD has dropped from the top spot
but is still holding its own at No.3 followed by THE
LOOKED AFTER KID, no doubt prompted by the recent BBC1
documentary. To see the entire bestseller list click
here. We also have new lists for Scottish
interest books and Sports books available
on line.
Henry McLeish has continued to dominate the headlines with the launch of his book SCOTLAND FIRST. In the past week he has been on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 5 and on Scotland's flagship news programmes BBC's Reporting Scotland and STV's Scotland Today.
The
launch of THE GREAT ESCAPERS is now confirmed
for Tuesday March 16th at the Imperial War Museum. It will be attended
by eight survivors from the camp, four of whom actually escaped,
and three actors who starred in the classic film. Air Commodore
Charles Clarke, chairman of the RAF POW association, will also
attend.
FRONT
magazine are interviewing one of the fighters featured in NATURAL
BORN FIGHTERS with full credit to the book.
MAYFAIR
are interviewing Bernard O'Mahoney about his latest book WANNABE
IN MY GANG?
And Finally...
Still no sign of the Campbell / Atherton baby (due March 4th) but we shall keep you posted.