There was a very interesting article in The Times Online today. Bruce Dessau looked at the wonderful world of the ghostwriter: “One publishing insider suggests that there are few celebrities who literally write their own autobiographies, maybe less than 20 per cent, but the book world is often reluctant to let readers in on the fact.”

What? You mean they don’t even write their own books? It was refreshing to see that Peter Kay was one of those who bothered to sit down and write his own story. The celeb memoir is big business and now there are two I can think of who have branched out into novel writing. As a ghostwriter myself, I always have a chuckle when I hear or read interviews telling that a celeb has just finished his or her book, wondering if they mean just finished reading it for the first time. Cynical? Moi?

Here’s a great in-depth interview from one of those new novelists.

Stu

The last of this week’s free samples is an extract from Johnny Lonely by Pete Tanton. You can download the sample of Pete’s novel using the link below:

Download Johnny Lonely extract (pdf)

If you don’t already have a pdf reader you can get Adobe Reader free here.

And if you enjoy the sample you can buy the full thing from your favourite book shop. Get more details here.

Paul

Today we’re posting an extract from The Rocketbelt Caper, A True Tale Of Invention, Obsession and Murder. You can download the extract using the link below:

Download The Rocketbelt Caper extract (pdf)

If you don’t already have a pdf reader you can get Adobe Reader free here.

And if you enjoy the sample you can buy the full thing from your favourite book shop. Get more details here.

Paul

Today you can read the first few pages of Jonny Kennedy, The Story of The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, including the foreword by Nell McAndrew. You can download the extract using the link below:

Download Jonny Kennedy extract (pdf)

If you don’t already have a pdf reader you can get Adobe Reader free here.

And if you enjoy the sample you can buy the full thing from your favourite book shop. Get more details here.

Paul

This week we’re posting free extracts of our latest books online for you to sample free. First up today it’s the brand new version of The Burglar’s Dog. You can download the extract using the link below:

Download Burglar’s Dog extract (pdf)

If you don’t already have a pdf reader you can get Adobe Reader free here.

And if you enjoy the sample you can buy the full thing from your favourite book shop. Get more details here.

Paul

Do you have a blog or a website? Would you like to review one of our latest titles? If so, drop us an email (contact [at] tontopress [dot] com) letting us know which book you’d like to review and pointing us to your website, and we’ll send you a free review copy. Simple as that. Choose from these three books:

Jonny Kennedy
The Rocketbelt Caper
The Burglar’s Dog

Happy blogging!

Paul