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Customer News February 2004
Happy New Year! After a busy Christmas and a quiet publishing period in January www.mainstreampublishing.com is now packed with lots of new books and great offers. As someone who has bought from us in the past and is clearly a book lover I hope you don't mind my writing to you but if you do just type unsubscribe and send this e-mail winging it's way back to us. That said you must check out our bestseller list to see if your purchase has influenced it!
This month
- New bestseller list McRAE'S BATTALION has gone down one place to Number 2 and been replaced by WHITE GOLD, described by FHM magazine as 'Whisky Galore with Class A's'
- News of our latest releases including SOLDIER FIVE, the last memoir from a member of the Bravo Two Zero mission, SCOTLAND FIRST by Scotland's former First Minister, Henry McLeish and a new updated edition of HOW TO SPOT A B*STARD BY HIS STAR SIGN with 50% new material.
- News of new signings including DANCING IN THE SEA, which will be published in Autumn this year.
- Free book offer for existing customers who order this month
MAINSTREAM'S LATEST ON LINE TOP TEN
(To view an illustrated version of the Top Ten complete with reviews
please click
here)
1. WHITE GOLD by Eugene Costello (£9.99)
2. McRAE'S BATTALLION by Jack Alexander £15.99
3. SHANG- A-LANG by Les McKeown £15.99 (signed copies available)
4. IRISH by John Burrowes £15.99
5. THE TRIGGER MEN by Martin Dillon (£15.99)
6. HOW TO SPOT A B*STARD BY HIS STAR SIGN by Adèle Lang and Susi
Rajah (£5.99)
7. DAYS LIKE THESE by Jamie Reid (£15.99)
8. PLAYING FOR UNCLE SAM by David Tossell £9.99
9. BHOYS, BEARS AND BIGOTRY by Bill Murray £7.99
10. SWEET CHARIOT by Ian Robertson (£16.99)
SOLDIER
FIVE has just been serialised in the MAIL ON SUNDAY over a
period of four weeks. The author arrives in the UK on 1st March to
carry out a week of media interviews including the Today Programme
on Radio 4. The last two members of the Bravo Two Zero mission to write
about their experiences were Andy McNab and Chris Ryan, both of which
went on to become bestsellers.
SOLDIER FIVE shows every indication that it will do the same. We have already taken a high number of pre publication orders via the web site.
SCOTLAND
FIRST by Henry McLeish is causing uproar in Scotland at the
moment. It has been serialised all week in the DAILY RECORD and reviews
are confirmed this weekend in THE GUARDIAN, THE SUNDAY TIMES and THE
SUNDAY HERALD. The book will be launched amidst a scrum of media and
MSPs at the Hallion Club in Edinburgh on Monday 1st March.
HOW
TO SPOT A B*STARD BY A STAR SIGN has been an international
bestseller since it was first published. For Valentines Day we published
a new edition with a completely new cover and 50% new content, replacing
the Which B*stard for Which Goddess Section? with a series of quizzes
and compatibility tests! Adèle Lang is the astrologer for Heat
magazine, J17 and Company.
Finally, a book which you can't yet order from www.mainstreampublishing.com is DANCING IN THE SEA. It is a beautifully written and moving account of her experiences of a hijack which left her unable to walk. Her story spans the US, the UK, Italy, India and Pakistan and combines terror, medical negligence and court room drama with love both for her Italian boyfriend and Italy which has become her home. It will be published by Mainstream later in Autumn 2004.
I do hope that you found this newsletter useful. We appreciate your custom and welcome your feedback. Please send any comments to webenquiries@mainstreampublishing.com As an incentive to place an order this month we are running a lucky dip. Any existing customers who order a book this month will be sent a free book from the Mainstream library.
With best wishes
Fiona Brownlee
Director - Marketing and Rights
www.mainstreampublishing.com