Customer News March 2006

Welcome to the Mainstream customer newsletter. Latest news includes:

• New bestseller list - The bestselling book, KATHY'S STORY, is available at the discounted prices of £8.99 (free post and packing in the UK)
• New reviews - Since our last newsletter we have had some fabulous reviews for our books notably the newly published THE BEGINNING OF THE END. All reviews for titles featured in the Top Ten can be seen alongside the bestseller list.
• New signings - We have just announced a series of new acquisitions

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New Bestseller List

To see an illustrated version of the bestseller list click here

1. Kathy's Story
2. Cut-Throat
3. Donald Dewar
4. McCrae's Battalion
5. The Lone Brit on 13
6. The Scotch Whisky Directory
7. Terror Tracker
8. 100 Countryside Walks Around Edinburgh
9. The Miracle of Istanbul
10. Double Bill

Our new bestseller list is headed by KATHY'S STORY which has sold incredibly well since it was first published in May last year. We've sold over 100,000 copies in the UK and rights have been sold to various countries overseas.

New Reviews

THE BEGINNING OF THE END with the fabulous sub title of The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood is published this month. It was serialised in The Sunday Times on 19 February and we already have some great quotes:

'Scathing and raunchy, fresh as a fight ... This is a pacy, mischievously enjoyable gulp of a book' - Frank Delaney

'Glittering with insight, suffused with warmth...painlessly honest' - Eamonn McCann

To see reviews for our on line bestsellers click on the above link to see illustrated reviews accompanied by a selection of quotes.

New Signings

Hot titles for 2006 include THE PALACE DIARIES by Sarah Goodall and Nicholas Monson and MURDER IN SAMARKAND by former Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray. Serial rights for both books have been sold to national newspapers and film rights have been optioned for MURDER IN SAMARKAND.

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Best wishes

Fiona Brownlee
Marketing Director