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News 6 April 2005
There continues to be great interest in our latest acquisition, UNLOCKING THE SOLOMON KEY by Simon Cox, author of international bestseller CRACKING THE DA VINCI CODE. In addition to the sale to Pan Macmillan Australia, we have now good offers from Italian and Spanish publishers. Our Spanish sub agent, Elizabeth Atkins at ACER, will auction the book in Spain this Friday 8 April. For Italian rights contact our Italian sub agent, Piergiorgio Nicolazzini. US rights will be auctioned on Monday,11 April; the top three bidders will then be given the opportunity to increase their offer and the deal will be concluded on Wednesday 13 April. If you haven't already noted interest please contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com so that you can be sent the information necessary to enable you to make an offer.
Another
book which continues to sell well internationally is NO ONE TAKES
MY CHILDREN by Donya al-Nahi. We have just accepted an offer from
Bertelsmann Media in Poland c/o our sub agent, Maria Starz Kranska at Graal.
The book has already been sold to Australia (Harper Collins), Holland (de
Kern), Sweden (Prisma) and the Czech Republic (Euromedia).
Confirmed publicity for the book includes THE TIMES (T2) and THE SUN to run mid-April, BBC WORLD SERVICE (Everywoman) on 26 April and ITV breakfast show, L K TODAY with Lorraine Kelly on Monday, 18 April.
KATHY'S
STORY by Kathy O'Beirne is now edited and going out to the many
publishers who requested it. Her account of growing up in the Magdalen
Laundries is heartbreaking. Kathy herself was in the Mainstream offices
last week to meet staff prior to the publicity and marketing drive at
the end of May when she will be doing TV and radio appearances in London
and Ireland. Her memoir has already been sold to Harper Collins Australia
and we are in the process of sending it out to all US publishers who
requested it with decisions required by 26 May. If you are a foreign
publisher and would like to see the edited manuscript please contact
fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com. If you are a journalist and
are interested in doing something on the book please contact Lindsay.farquharson@mainstreampublishing.com She
has already been interviewed for SHE magazine to coincide with publication
and the ITV chat show, THIS MORNING have confirmed an interview at the
end of May.
And Finally...
If you have a moment take a look at our new web site www.mainstreampublishing.com which goes live tonight. It has been a long and laborious process but we are now delighted to have ditched the purple for a fresh, new look, which reflects the great books we are publishing at the moment.