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Sports News November 2003
Thank you for subscribing to our Mainstream Sport newsletter. News this quarter:
- New Sports Top Ten featuring golf, football, rugby and boxing books.
- Two Mainstream books shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, IN SEARCH OF TIGER and DAYS LIKE THESE.
- NO BALONEY by boxing promoter Frank Maloney is getting blanket media coverage and will undoubtedly be in the Christmas sports bestseller lists.
MAINSTREAM SPORT TOP TEN
To view a fully illustrated Top Ten complete with reviews please click here.
1. A SEASON IN DORNOCH by Lorne Rubenstein (£7.99)
2. WARTIME WANDERERS by Purcell / Gething (7.99)
3. COLOURING OVER THE WHITE LINE by Phil Vasili (£15.99)
4. GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW by Hewitt and McGuigan (£7.99)
5. MAVERICKS by Rob Steen (£6.99)
6. HARRY'S GAME, An Autobiography(£15.99)
7. IN SEARCH OF TIGER by Tom Callahan (£14.99)
8. LIONS OF WALES by Peter Jackson (£7.99)
9. UNLICENSED by Jon Hotten (£7.99)
10. WINTER COLOURS by Donald McRae (£9.99)
As
the only publishers to have won the William Hill Sports Book
of the Year Award twice we are delighted to be on the long shortlist
with two books for the 2003 award.
IN
SEARCH OF TIGER by Tom Callahan was published in the Spring
and has had some wonderful reviews including GOLF DIGEST who said it
'deserves a place amongst the finest book ever written on golf or sport.'
DAYS LIKE THESE by Jamie Reid was published last week and extracts ran in THE RACING POST.
Another
book which has done well on the prize front is FOR ALL THOSE
LEFT BEHIND by John Andrews. A fishing memoir which was shortlisted
for the National Sporting Club Awards and the Angling Writers Association
Awards.
NO
BALONEY by Lennox Lewis's former manager, Frank Maloney, was
extracted in THE SUN and has received press coverage in most national
papers including the Daily Mail who referred to it as 'one of the most
honest boxing books of our time.' Frank has also appeared on numerous
TV and radio shows promoting the book, including a one hour interview
with Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 5 and a prime time slot on BBC TV with
Frank Skinner.
It
is interesting that our on-line Top Ten features classic sports books
alongside newly published titles. MAVERICKS and THE
GREATEST FOOTBALLER YOU NEVER SAW were published over 7 years
ago but continue to sell well both through book shops and on our web
site. Others, like the two golf titles, 
A
SEASON IN DORNOCH and IN SEARCH OF TIGER, were
lead Spring 2004 titles. We shall have to see how the bestseller list
is affected by our Autumn list but I have no doubt that DAYS LIKE THESE
and NO BALONEY will be well up there!
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Best wishes
Fiona Brownlee
Marketing Director