Monday, September 17, 2007

The game I started last Friday to guess the order by sales value of ten of Pan Macmillan's Autumn best sellers has generated a few entries and so I'd better clarify the 'rules'. The winner/s will have listed the correct order by invoiced sales value up to 31 December 2007 of these ten books. More information on each is available through the highlighted links. It would be helpful if entries could be made as 'comments' on the original posting. No more entries after the end of September so that I can then post progress on the 'runners' as the Autumn season develops. If we get too many winners I'll introduce some sort of tie-breaking competition.

Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters (pub September 20th)

World Without End by Ken Follett (pub date October 4th)

The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (pub date October 16th)
 
Stone Cold by David Baldacci (pub date October 19th)
 
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig (pub date November 6th)
 
Not Quite World's End by John Simpson (pub date 5th October)
 
Moments by Cristiano Ronaldo (pub date October 5th)
 
Ronnie by Ronnie Wood (pub date October 12th)
 
Borat (pub date November 2nd) - Touristic Guidings to the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan/Minor Nation of U.S. and A.
 
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks (pub date November 2nd).
 
The competition is open to everyone including Macmillan staff with insider information. The prize is still under discussion but will definitely not be of a size that would require this bit of nonsense to be registered under the Competitions Act of 2003 or any such bureaucratic nonsense.
 
And for your musical treat today try Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies. I prefer the piano version by the composer but couldn't find it. It's still pretty good in any version.
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